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The Affordable Care Act has polarized Republicans and Democrats despite the fact that many voters cannot explain the healthcare reform legislation to any significant degree, said Robert Blendon, ScD, professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health during a speech to the Massachusetts Medical Society on Oct. 18.
Reimbursement models are used by payers, hospitals, physicians and ancillary care providers to furnish data to healthcare payment contract negotiations. The many changes taking place across the healthcare landscape are forcing payers and providers dependent upon these models to deal with new challenges.
OZ Systems announced Friday that it has implemented a new platform at two Texas hospitals to speed birth notifications and follow-up care for newborns, while supporting meaningful use.
Wisconsin managed Medicaid program strains under cuts; Mississippi latest southern state to say it won't expand Medicaid; and California shifts 860,000 kids to Medicaid in this week's Medicaid Digest.
Since the Affordable Care Act was created, critics have argued that the healthcare law fails to contain healthcare costs. A new brief from the Urban Institute presents evidence illustrating the ACA's cost containment measures, but leaves room for the debate to continue.
Physician groups in five states are poised to expand their participation in a Cigna-led accountable care program, with two additional states slated to newly join the collaborative, officials announced Oct. 18.
The National Governors Association (NGA) has unveiled a new website, State Health Policy Options, designed to provide a "one-stop shop" for health policy information.
Three out of 10 patients who receive a kidney transplant require readmission to the hospital within 30 days of discharge after the initial surgery, finds a new analysis of national data, but better outpatient monitoring may prevent such readmissions.
Showing it is forging ahead to build a healthcare network that will eventually not include UPMC, Highmark earlier this week committed $65 million to acquire Erie, Penn.-based St. Vincent's Health System.
The American Medical Association and the Medical Association of Georgia have joined the state Insurance Commissioner in defending new prompt payment rules for self-funded employer health plans and their third party administrators, amid efforts by America's Health Insurance Plans to prevent the rules from taking effect.