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Policy and Legislation

By Michelle McNickle | 12:04 pm | January 13, 2012
Recently, the IRS issued Notice 2012-9, called "Interim Guidance on Informational Reporting to Employees of the Cost of Their Group Health Insurance Coverage." Here are six things to note, among other apprises and information, about the updated healthcare reporting requirements from the IRS.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:39 am | January 13, 2012
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended Thursday that Congress reduce Medicare payment rates for nonemergent hospital visits to be the same as payments made for equivalent services delivered at doctor's offices.
By Chris Anderson | 10:32 am | January 13, 2012
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that an independent review of proposed health insurance rate increases by Trustmark Life Insurance Company affecting members in five states are "unreasonable."
By Tom Sullivan | 12:15 pm | January 10, 2012
The New Hampshire State Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that alleges the state is making inadequate Medicaid reimbursements.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:17 am | January 10, 2012
U.S. healthcare spending was up 3.9 percent in 2010, just slightly more than the 3.8 percent growth seen in 2009, according to numbers released Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
By Tom Sullivan | 04:06 pm | January 09, 2012
Social media pundit and Nashua, N.H.-based primary care physician Kevin Pho, MD, regularly shares his views on healthcare issues from the provider perspective. In this Q&A, he takes a look at how healthcare will factor into the presidential election.
By Mary Mosquera | 09:50 am | January 09, 2012
The Justice Department filed its brief Friday on the question of the constitutionality of requiring Americans to attain minimum health insurance coverage. This is the first of four briefs to be filed as the Obama Administration explains its case supporting the health reform law before the Supreme Court hears arguments in March.
By Chris Anderson | 10:51 am | January 06, 2012
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts struck down a state law in effect since 2009 that barred some legal immigrants residing in the state from receiving subsidized health insurance coverage.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:04 am | January 06, 2012
Robert Aquino, former CEO of Parkway Hospital in Queens, NY, pleaded guilty earlier this week to bribing former state senator Carl Kruger to obtain his help in keeping the hospital open.
By Rene Letourneau | 10:25 am | January 05, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that a new Affordable Care Act rule requiring electronic funds transfers will reduce administrative costs for doctors and hospitals, private health plans, states and other government health plans by $4.5 billion over the next 10 years.