Medicare & Medicaid
CMS releases figures comparing Medicaid and CHIP enrollment from October to pre-Affordable Care Act.
Kaiser Family Foundation poll found the 53 percent of people reported that they or someone in their household has a pre-existing condition.
Lowest performing hospitals before passage of the Affordable Care Act showed biggest improvement after being penalized, researchers say.
CMS is also testing new Person Centered Community Care, or P3C, model for dually-eligible individuals who are at least 21 and have disabilities that impair their mobility, requiring nursing home care.
Opponents warn if people fail to meet a work requirement then lose health benefits as a result, they'll likely just get sicker.
Republicans have also pledged to repeal the taxes that Democrats used to pay for their health law, so they will have far less money to pay for replacement.
Rule establishes bundled payments for cardiac and orthopedic care, small-practice ACOs.
The group is pressing CMS to make 2018 another transition year, more cybersecurity incentives and to streamline multiple Meaningful Use programs.
Affordable Care Act's fate is coming into question as healthcare organizations move into the new world of value-based care and other advances.
The aim is to improve the consumer experience and strengthen the individual and small group markets as a whole.