Policy and Legislation
Healthcare systems experimenting with a new way of being paid by Medicare would have three extra years before they could be punished for poor performance, the federal government proposed Monday.
The Obama administration took another step to close what many see as a health-law loophole that allows large employers to offer medical plans without hospital coverage and bars their workers from subsidies to buy their own insurance.
An Arkansas Medicaid expansion policy may be threatened as new leadership heads to the state capital, despite early reports that show the program is benefiting low-income patients and hospitals alike.
As Medicaid enrollment tops 68 million in 2014, health systems are testing out new financing and delivery systems to handle the financial risk and reimbursement issues stemming from the surge.
A group of Wall Street analysts predicted Friday that enrollment in Affordable Care Act insurance plans will be higher than the 9 million projected by the Obama administration.
Dr. Oliver Korshin, a 71-year-old ophthalmologist in Anchorage, is not happy about the federal government's plan to have all physicians use electronic medical records or face a Medicare penalty.
The U.S. Census Bureau and Office of Management and Budget changed their urban and rural classification in several dozen regions around the country
Changing eligibility standards could purge a million or more beneficiaries from Medicaid rolls in California. A lawsuit seeks to stop the state from canceling coverage for Medi-Cal recipients who haven't been properly notified.
The Affordable Care Act's online insurance exchanges launched this weekend with far fewer problems and less fanfare than last year. Many people qualified for federal subsidies that kept their monthly premiums well under $100.
Millions of low-income children are failing to get the free preventive exams and screenings guaranteed by Medicaid and the Obama administration is not doing enough to fix the problem, according to the HHS Office of Inspector General.