Policy and Legislation
President says signing up younger and healthier enrollees improves the risk pool.
Flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, leads agency to propose a rule to establish a more coordinated response to natural and man-made disasters.
Medicare already plans to stop paying certain hospital-owned physician practices at higher rates than those that are independently owned.
Insurer drew attention two years ago as the only Affordable Care Act co-op to make money from its exchange products, reporting a net income of $7.3 million in 2014.
AAP will use the funds to provide technical assistance and education to clinicians at community health centers and other healthcare sites around the country.
Aetna, however, said many insurers have been forced to leave the exchanges due to what it called the instability of the marketplace.
Hospitals that perform joint replacements on older, sicker patients under the program will suffer under reconciliation payment reductions, research suggested.
Announcement comes on heels of third failed attempt by Congress to pass Zika funding legislation.
The ballot proposal would have created a floor and ceiling for commercial payment rates.
Leaders from the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce said healthcare providers need more time.