Policy and Legislation
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller was the latest state official to propose protections for healthcare consumers against surprise balance bills, when she announced new measures on Tuesday.
A bill that would have levied new taxes, called "community contribution fees", on nonprofit hospitals in New Jersey died by pocket veto on Governor Chris Christie's desk on Tuesday, according to bill co-sponsor state Sen. Robert Singer.
A bill sits on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's desk that would set a new precedent for the state: having nonprofit hospitals paying tax-like "community service contributions" to the towns and cities that host them to help cover the costs of the municipal services they provide, like police and fire department assistance.
In a contentious debate in Charleston, South Carolina Sunday night, the three challengers for the Democratic nomination tried to distinguish their views on healthcare and the effects and future of the Affordable Care Act.
Louisiana has adopted Medicaid expansion, making it the 32nd state, including the District of Columbia, to take on the Affordable Care Act initiative.
President Barack Obama announced a new national effort to cure cancer, with Vice President Joe Biden leading the charge, during his final State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Andy Slavitt on Tuesday shocked many in healthcare when he laid out an aggressive timeline to replace the meaningful use program, a electronic health records mandate and incentive program that healthcare providers put millions into.
Fifty-five hospitals have filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of Health and Human Services over Medicare's 0.2 percent cut in payment for inpatient stays that went into effect January 1 under the two-midnight rule, according to lawyers at Foley & Lardner in Washington, D.C., who filed the lawsuit on Friday.
The meaningful use program is on the cusp of major changes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said late Monday, adding that 2016 would likely see the end of the program altogether.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday announced the 21 health systems that are participating in the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model, some having defected from the controversial Pioneer ACO program.