Policy and Legislation

Organizations say reducing the reporting burden on clinicians and increasing flexibility is making the broad changes more manageable.

The ACA gave states the option to put their own stamp on the law and Kentucky was the only Southern state that chose to do so with Kynect.

The state's Human Services department migrated its legacy eligibility systems to a modernized network in 2014, but the Inspector General's office found flaws caused by insufficient controls.

Centene, Blue Cross Blue Shield in individual states, others, fill gaps left by Anthem's exit from exchange market.

The five categories of special statuses ultimately determine the requirements you will have to comply with when you participate in MIPS, expert says.

Initiatives attempted "wholesale practice transformation," which yielded little financial gain or improvements in quality, authors wrote.

Despite efforts by insurers to make prices available, shopping for healthcare services isn't as user-friendly as buying something on Amazon.

The new consumer-focused website compares hospice agencies with self-reported quality reporting which some experts say has limited utility.

Number of people uninsured would be slightly higher in 2018 but slightly lower starting in 2020, report also says.

The new bundled payment model for cardiac care coordination and cardiac rehabilitation may be on the chopping block, along with unspecified changes to the joint replacement model, according to a proposed rule published August 10 in the Office of Management and Budget.