Policy and Legislation
Study found ER use among Medicaid patients in Oregon stayed high two years after people gained coverage, more patients visited doctors offices.
By pushing back the ability for small practices to pool together this way, many will face a challenging start to the payment overhaul, AAFP, AHA says.
Officials will add 10 new categories involving a population of about a half a million people, according to the measure's proponents.
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Obama administration is considering changes to how dollars are allocated in state, federal exchanges; proposed changes aren't enough, critic says.
Complaints allege plans offered by insurers are discriminatory because they don't cover drugs essential to HIV treatment.
481 participating practices served more than 376,000 Medicare beneficiaries, 2.7 million patients overall, CMS says.
Fundamental disconnect exists when 2017 performance year is so removed from the incentive year, MGMA says.
Forty-three percent of returning consumers to the federal government's online exchange, healthcare.gov, switched policies last year.
Huge final rule already has healthcare pros celebrating or lamenting the release.