Policy and Legislation
Average premiums in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program will remain steady at an estimated $34 per month.
Value-based care cannot be achieved without the interoperable exchange of data and analysis, to improve care and lower costs, experts say.
Policymakers could create a single, independent organization to develop standards for healthcare performance measures and the data used to populate those measures, the authors said.
Policymakers see the health law as a way to connect millions of ex-prisoners to care, cut recidivism and save money by reducing expensive visits to hospital emergency rooms.
Programs include payment models focusing on heart attacks, heart bypass surgery and hip fracture surgery.
Pending law allows taxpayers to apply for a state income tax credit for donations to these struggling facilities.
HHS is asking insurers to pay 2016 collections to reimburse for 2014 benefit year.
Improved dental health is a challenge for a program where half of children who were covered before the law took effect hadn't seen a dentist the previous year.
In this year's presidential campaign, health care has taken a back seat. But one issue appears to be breaking through - the rising cost of prescription drugs.
While the plan is heralded by many as the flexibility providers and advocates have been pleading for, a lot still remains unknown.