Policy and Legislation
A new report by the Government Accountability Office has found that the Federal Communications Commission is falling short on managing the telecommunication needs of rural healthcare providers.
Health organizations will undergo a strategy makeover in 2011 as they react to new rules and payment models, continuing cost pressures and new customer demands, according to the "Top Health Industry Issues of 2011," published today by PwC's Health Research Institute.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon be outfitted with new state-of-the-art fraud fighting analytic tools to prevent wasteful and fraudulent payments in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it will begin using Medicare's standard payment rates for certain medical procedures performed by non-VA providers on Feb. 16, 2011.
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced new requirements for State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) grants.
New data from the Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services rose 6.70 percent over the 12 months ending October 2010, a deceleration from the 7.08 percent reported for the 12 months ending in September.
A recent survey by the National Senior Citizens Law Center found that many Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Part D plans are not publishing marketing materials in Spanish as required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid under their provider contracts.
The American Hospital Association is encouraging Congress to extend several tax provisions necessary to hospital capital financing.
More than 18.3 million adults aged 50 to 64 are expected to see significant improvement in their health insurance protections as provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are implemented in 2014, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
A Virginia federal district judge ruled Monday that a provision of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, marking a victory for those who oppose the law.