Healthcare Finance Staff
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has introduced a bill that would strengthen Medicare and Medicaid through expanded telemedicine coverage and adjust payments for certain telehealth services.
The number of applications submitted for coverage through the health insurance exchanges has to date exceeded enrollment in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program for seniors during its launch, according to an analysis from Avalere Health.
As hospitals work to figure out how to reduce unplanned 30-day readmissions, a new analysis examines what some hospitals are doing to improve quality and lowering costs.
Amid the upheaval of insurance exchanges, the Department of Health and Human Services is also negotiating waivers with states, from highly integrated Medicaid policies, as in Oregon, to consumer-directed Medicaid models in the Midwest.
The Obama administration said Thursday that 700,000 people have completed applications for coverage in the health law's new marketplaces -- a key step before people can begin shopping for insurance plans.
A UnitedHealth Group executive is leaving to run the United Kingdom's National Health Service, a long-heralded institution that in some parts of the country is facing a crisis of finances and quality of care.
The main contractors for Healthcare.gov were interrogated, scrutinized and criticized Oct. 24 by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, days after the Obama Administration called in a "fix it" team amid growing public frustration with the site's problems.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is currently assessing the impact of the partial government shutdown on the 2014 Medicare fee for service payment regulations, and intends to issue the final rules on or before November 27, 2013.
WellPoint reported third-quarter earnings that were about 5 percent lower than last year's period but still ahead of expectations due to lower medical costs and healthy membership, as it continues to make investments for insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
For a sense of substance abuse treatment demand with new national essential health benefits, insurers should note the increase in services in states that enacted parity laws during the last decade.