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Policy and Legislation

By Mike Miliard | 05:47 pm | September 18, 2018
It has funds for behavioral and mental health providers, for potential EHR incentives and for hospitals to better care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:52 pm | September 13, 2018
Agency has issued blankets waivers to unburden providers, opened special enrollment period for Medicare beneficiaries to get, change coverage.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:59 pm | September 13, 2018
That result surprised researchers, since the ACA's Medicaid expansion has increased access to surgical care overall.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:22 pm | September 13, 2018
Americans are dissatisfied with how both parties in Congress are handling the issue, with Democrats and Republicans faring almost equally poorly.
By Susan Morse | 06:00 pm | September 12, 2018
Agency says navigators are required to give consumers information on association and short-term insurance, as well as ACA qualified health plans.
By Susan Morse | 06:07 pm | September 11, 2018
AHA joins other 340B stakeholders in asking the court to declare the delay unlawful and to enact the regulation.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:31 pm | September 11, 2018
After the major provisions of the law were implemented, 77.8 percent of Latinos of Mexican heritage reported having health insurance, a 10-point increase.
By Susan Morse | 06:35 pm | September 10, 2018
Two new reports find payers expanding their footprint in the Affordable Care Act marketplace with some reducing costs.
By Susan Morse | 02:28 pm | September 10, 2018
Ruling throws out 2014 rule, leading to question of how CMS will determine whether it has overpaid an MA insurer.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:45 pm | September 07, 2018
The findings were a surprise, as researchers thought they would find decreased complications and mortality rates for critically ill patients.