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Some of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies have slashed payments to health professionals for promotional speeches amid heightened public scrutiny of such spending.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposal to mandate broader provider networks in public insurance exchanges could have the unintended consequence of discouraging insurer participation, according to analysts at Moody's.
A new federal regulatory proposal to ensure adequate insurance networks could help not-for-profit hospitals, Moody's said in a briefing released this week.
The federal government is once again extending pre-2014 health plans and outlining other tweaks and finalized rules for several key programs that regulators hope will smooth what continues to be a bumpy and confusing transition.
In case anyone was wondering, the RACs haven't gone away for good. They're just taking a vacation. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a "pause" in RAC audits last month, in preparation for the procurement of the next round of RAC contracts.
A California health care workers' union is collecting signatures to get two measures onto the ballot that it says would lower health care costs, but hospitals disagree.
The parent company of some of the country's largest Blues plans appears to be shoring up cash reserves for what may one of the most unpredictable years in its history.
Benefits consulting firms that made early forays into private insurance exchanges are likely to be rewarded for their prescience, although the competition is growing.
The Obama Administration released its proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2015 this week. Virtually all types of healthcare providers, health plans, and drug manufacturers would be impacted by the budget provisions if adopted as proposed - although that is an unlikely scenario.
Meaningful use requirements and the move toward integrated, accountable care have been pushing long-term care facilities to improve their technology systems, but it's been a tough road for many skilled nursing facilities.