Policy and Legislation
Experts say the California exchange uses more of its powers as an "active purchaser" than any other state. That means it can decide which insurers can join the exchange, what plans and benefits are available and at what price.
The Department of Health and Human Services is looking at ways to improve the quality of care at facilities operated by the Indian Health Service, focusing especially on the Great Plains area.
In December 2014, Medicare began a pilot program in three states, including Pennsylvania, to cut down on what officials believed were improper payments, including some possible fraud and abuse, in nonemergency ambulance services. The program moved to more aggressively enforce Medicare's long-standing policy requiring that beneficiaries be so weak they could only be moved on a stretcher before it would pay for repeated, nonemergency ambulance service.
In general, both praise and criticisms of the law are accurate. That's because the health law is so big and sweeping that it has had effects both positive and negative. Here is a brief guide to some things the health law has -- and has not -- accomplished since it was signed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Former Turing CEO Martin Shkreli on Thursday invoked his Fifth Amendment rights while members of a Congressional committee grilled pharmaceutical executives about the high price of prescription drugs.
Stung by losses under the federal health law, major insurers are seeking to sharply limit how policies are sold to individuals in ways that consumer advocates say seem to illegally discriminate against the sickest and could hold down future enrollment.
As of February 2, 67 rural hospitals have closed nationwide since 2010 and another 210 are on the brink, according to a study by iVantage Health Analytics.
Peter Lee said UnitedHealth made a series of blunders on rates and networks that led to a $475 million loss last year.
Patients suffered no extra harm when doctors training to be surgeons were allowed to work longer shifts, a study released Tuesday concludes, adding to a push to relax the strictest limits on resident hours.
As American voters are weighing the differing proposals and positions of the top candidates this primary season, we thought we'd ask our readers of healthcare insiders who they think would be the best to lead the country from strictly a healthcare policy position.