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Policy and Legislation

By Jeff Lagasse | 03:51 pm | June 22, 2018
Researchers looked at 3 states with different policies and found a risk of low-income patients staying or becoming uninsured because of work requirements, health savings and premiums.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:24 pm | June 20, 2018
Industry association says the trauma of separating children from their parents have can lifelong negative impacts on their health.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:07 pm | June 20, 2018
AMA President Barbara McAneny says antitrust regulators have powerful reasons to block the deal.
By Susan Morse | 07:15 pm | June 19, 2018
AHPs offer a less expensive alternative that is expected to draw away healthier consumers from the Affordable Care Act market.
By Susan Morse | 11:59 am | June 15, 2018
AHIP focuses on the impact that a preliminary injunction or declaratory relief would have on patients, health insurance providers and states.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:40 am | June 15, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will reverse a longstanding unpopular position on reimbursement for smartphone-connected continuous glucose monitors, CMS announced.
By Susan Morse | 02:43 pm | June 13, 2018
Practice of PBMs being financially rewarded by drug manufacturers for setting higher prices needs to end, he says.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:28 pm | June 13, 2018
Of the participating providers, 56.2 percent reported an increase in patients who were seeing a doctor or other healthcare provider for the first time in years.
By Susan Morse | 04:35 pm | June 12, 2018
Star ratings released in December 2017 will remain on Hospital Compare until the next update.
By Susan Morse | 02:29 pm | June 12, 2018
For the first time, CMS is holding a state fully at risk for the total cost of care for Medicare beneficiaries.