Medicare & Medicaid
Star ratings released last December will remain on the Hospital Compare website until the next update, CMS said.
Despite the collapse of the latest Senate effort to repeal the ACA, Republicans are still keen on shrinking the amount of Medicaid money Washington sends to states.
Acquisition helps position Anthem as a dominant player in a market projected to increase in enrollment, revenue, but shrink in the number of insurers.
CMS innovation center programs in limbo as officials say free market approach will encourage competition among healthcare providers.
Bipartisan bill reduces the amount of federal matching funds included in the Affordable Care Act.
The federal program covers medical care provided to people who are injured or became ill as a result of a natural disaster if medical care is no longer available in their local area.
Department of Health and Human Services is expected this week to release letters announcing funding, based on enrollment performance; Navigators expect a reduced amount
Cancer care is being shifted away from the private, physician-owned community oncology clinics and into the much more expensive 340B hospital settings, the Community Oncology Alliance says.
A Kaiser Family Foundation survey this summer of state Medicaid officials said 10 states would run out of CHIP funding by end of the year.
Insurers plan sharp rate hikes next year unless Congress removes uncertainty by appropriating money to pay discounts, estimated at $10 billion in 2018.