Policy and Legislation
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.
Insurers plan sharp rate hikes next year unless Congress removes uncertainty by appropriating money to pay discounts, estimated at $10 billion in 2018.
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.
From MGMA's online forum to SA Ignite's MACRA software, clinicians can set the groundwork, find success.
A CMS hotline is available for non-certified Part B providers and other practitioners to initiate provisional temporary Medicare billing privileges.
Federal health law includes a waiver provision to allow states to alter some rules to help their residents, but it's complicated.
A last-ditch Republican repeal-and-replace bill would give states block grants to design individual coverage options.
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.
Bigger and fewer doctor practices drive up prices for patients, employers and taxpayers, several studies confirm.
As insurers threaten to exit markets and voters at town halls complain about prices, commissioners are central in the unfolding drama of coverage.