Policy and Legislation
Less than a week after its health subcommittee voted to approve a bill repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), the full House Energy and Commerce Committee followed suit. Tuesday's voice vote passed without recorded opposition.
The recently released report, "The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information: A Business Case for Enhanced PHI Security," highlights the need for organizations to adopt a new method to evaluate the value of PHI, said the leaders of the PHI Project. Along with a five-step method featured in the report, six additional findings help stakeholders understand the influences behind finances and breached PHI.
The U.S. Department of Labor has extended the comment period on its proposed rule to provide minimum wage and overtime protections to in-home care workers to March 12. The original comment period was scheduled to close on Feb. 27.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the health reform law has eliminated lifetime limits on coverage for more than 105 million Americans.
With the numbers of Alzheimer’s disease patients expected to reach 13.2 million coupled with an estimated price tag of $1.1 trillion (in 2011 dollars) by 2050, lawmakers and those in the healthcare industry know how imperative it is that the country get a handle on the disease.
An amendment tacked onto an unrelated transportation bill that would allow any employer, not just those affiliated with a religious organization, to not offer contraceptive health coverage to employees failed yesterday in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 51-48.
The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board of Directors today announced that NQF’s President and CEO Janet Corrigan has submitted her resignation, effective late June 2012. Corrigan has served as NQF's President and CEO for more than six years.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Committee yesterday voted 17 to 5 to approve a bill that repeals the hotly-debated Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
SAI Global Compliance announced Monday the findings of its 2012 Health Insurance Compliance Benchmark Study and 2012 Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Study.
A Texas doctor, his office manager and five owners of home health agencies were arrested Tuesday in what law enforcement officials are calling "the largest alleged home health fraud scheme ever committed."