Compliance & Legal
The Department of Health and Human Services has published final rules for essential health benefits and several other policies that clarify rules on mental health benefits.
Most employers have not studied or calculated the impact of the Affordable Care Act on overall employee benefit packages.
WellPoint's board of directors have selected Joseph Swedish to head the company after last August's investor-stoked departure of Angela Braly.
Medical device manufacturers are shifting the cost of the 2.3 percent device tax, which went into effect on Jan. 1 as part of the Affordable Care Act, to hospitals and other healthcare providers, the Healthcare Supply Chain Association alleged on Friday.
The Miami Beach Community Health Center (MBCHC) is suing its former accountants for failing to reveal a $6.8 million "theft" by its former chief executive officer.
A battle is brewing between Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney over an online health insurance marketplace that will allow an estimated 250,000 Mississippi residents to shop for coverage and find out if they qualify for government subsidies or Medicaid.
In a recent report released by the Leapfrog Group and published in Health Affairs, researchers found that there hasn't been a lot of progress over the years when it comes to hospitals meeting certain safety standards.
This growing trend is not a newsflash for anyone who works in the industry, but a critical backdrop for discussing how the role of cloud technologies can help organizations “evolve or die” by eliminating aged legacy systems and migrating to more agile processes that will capture better data.
A report released Nov. 29 by the Office of Inspector General calls for random audits of doctors and hospitals prior to payout through the meaningful use EHR incentive program, to ensure they have qualified. It is also calling for EHR certification changes to allow for reporting of yes/no measures.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will need to place a lot of emphasis on implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the coming year, according to the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) annual summary of management and performance challenges facing the agency, released this week.