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Policy and Legislation

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 Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News | 03:48 pm | September 12, 2017
The nation's uninsured rate dropped to 8.8 percent down from 9.1 percent in 2015.
By Bernie Monegain | 03:52 pm | September 11, 2017
CEO Mark Harrrison said the system will help file the paperwork required for them to continue to legally live and work in the U.S.
By Susan Morse | 02:38 pm | September 11, 2017
In Connecticut, exchange carriers have been asked to provide a supplemental rate filing that assumes CSRs will not be paid.
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 Susan Morse | 03:39 pm | September 08, 2017
Insurers facing a Sept. 20 deadline to file final premium rates on the exchanges must decide whether to assume CSRs will continue, increase premiums, or leave market.
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 Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News | 09:46 am | September 08, 2017
Federal health law includes a waiver provision to allow states to alter some rules to help their residents, but it's complicated.