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Policy and Legislation

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News | 12:51 pm | 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 | 12:37 pm | 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 | 04:39 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 | 12:43 pm | September 08, 2017
From MGMA's online forum to SA Ignite's MACRA software, clinicians can set the groundwork, find success.
By Susan Morse | 11:38 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 | 10:46 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.
By Susan Morse | 02:05 pm | September 07, 2017
A last-ditch Republican repeal-and-replace bill would give states block grants to design individual coverage options.
By Tom Sullivan | 12:40 pm | September 06, 2017
The American Medical Association and a raft of IT executives called on Congress to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals because not doing so would harm the workforce.
By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News | 11:48 am | September 06, 2017
Bigger and fewer doctor practices drive up prices for patients, employers and taxpayers, several studies confirm.
By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News | 11:23 am | September 06, 2017
As insurers threaten to exit markets and voters at town halls complain about prices, commissioners are central in the unfolding drama of coverage.