Healthcare Finance Staff
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the consumer oriented and operated plan (CO-OP) in Illinois, the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, with a $160 million loan to run the Land of Lincoln Health CO-OP.
A spokesman for Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback told the Legislature's Joint Committee on Health Policy Oversight that it will develop its own estimate of the cost of expanding Medicaid, before the state commits to the expansion as spelled out in the Affordable Care Act.
When analyst house IDC's Health Insights unit shared its top 10 predictions for 2013, atop the list was that "health reform status quo would persist for the next four years."
In the aftermath of the recent election, virtually all commentators were quick to conclude that ObamaCare has been saved. The health reform law can now go forward and Republicans are powerless to stop it.
Two of Atlanta's largest hospital systems are forming their own insurance company, with plans to sell Medicare Advantage, commercial and self-funded health plans in 2014.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded $306 million to 23 states for streamlining CHIP application processes and increasing enrollment and retention, as part of the five year performance bonus program started in 2009.
Fueled by the needs of the Affordable Care Act, healthcare IT spending among state and local governments is projected to grow by $2.7 billion through 2017, according to a new report.
The National Quality Forum announced today that Christine Cassel, MD, the long-time president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation, will become its new president and CEO effective mid-summer 2013.
In this week's HIX Digest: Utah's pre-ACA HIX seeks certification, Iowa's partnership plan gains support and West Virginia mulls enrollment challenges.
Amid the public debate about the affordability of healthcare and insurance, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is using new media tools like infographics to explain regulatory and market issues, hoping to reach news savvy consumers inside and outside the Washington Beltway.