Susan Morse

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended its review of short stay patient claims to give reviewers time to improve the standardization around the two midnight rule, CMS said in a June 6 update.

In a new rule issued Wednesday, CMS is shutting down loopholes that allow short-term plans to operate outside the policies governing the ACA's single risk pool.

Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center, which operates in a depressed section of southern Los Angeles, has filed for bankruptcy.

CMS has seen no adverse health outcomes due to the new fee schedule.

Medicare is ambulatory care's favorite insurer when it comes to getting paid faster, according to a new peer60 survey of close to 800 ambulatory care providers.

In total spending, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday, the bill would increase spending by $50 million over four years beginning in 2017, but spending would end up decreasing by $14 million through 2026, the CBO said.

The merger, and another mega-merger proposal between Anthem and Cigna for $54 billion, is going through the federal regulatory process and approval in certain states.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is seeking $130 million from the government for payments owed for 2014, the insurer said.

Eligibility for enrollment is being determined using pre-existing data from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, president of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, has come under scrutiny in reports that she was part of the National Football League's attempt to influence funding decisions at the National Institutes of Health.