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Medicare & Medicaid

By Susan Morse | 04:30 pm | September 19, 2017
Bipartisan bill reduces the amount of federal matching funds included in the Affordable Care Act.
By Susan Morse | 03:18 pm | September 18, 2017
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.
By Susan Morse | 04:23 pm | September 12, 2017
Department of Health and Human Services is expected this week to release letters announcing funding, based on enrollment performance; Navigators expect a reduced amount
By Susan Morse | 03:02 pm | September 11, 2017
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.
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News | 11:51 am | September 11, 2017
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.
By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News | 11:37 am | September 11, 2017
Insurers plan sharp rate hikes next year unless Congress removes uncertainty by appropriating money to pay discounts, estimated at $10 billion in 2018.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:43 am | September 08, 2017
From MGMA's online forum to SA Ignite's MACRA software, clinicians can set the groundwork, find success.
By Susan Morse | 10:38 am | September 08, 2017
A CMS hotline is available for non-certified Part B providers and other practitioners to initiate provisional temporary Medicare billing privileges.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 12:48 pm | September 07, 2017
Overall average price for inpatient hospital care in Indiana was 2.17 times the Medicare rate, RAND study says.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 12:33 pm | September 06, 2017
Survey shows few are making key investments, changes required for move to value-based care.