Policy and Legislation
Changing eligibility standards could purge a million or more beneficiaries from Medicaid rolls in California. A lawsuit seeks to stop the state from canceling coverage for Medi-Cal recipients who haven't been properly notified.
The Affordable Care Act's online insurance exchanges launched this weekend with far fewer problems and less fanfare than last year. Many people qualified for federal subsidies that kept their monthly premiums well under $100.
Millions of low-income children are failing to get the free preventive exams and screenings guaranteed by Medicaid and the Obama administration is not doing enough to fix the problem, according to the HHS Office of Inspector General.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed last week the option of creating specific Diagnosis-Related Groups for one-day hospital stays, in an effort to reduce payment differences between short inpatient and similar outpatient hospital stays.
Defying expectations, the court announced last week it has agreed to hear a case that challenges the heart of the Affordable Care Act: subsidies to help people pay their insurance premiums.
The percentage of babies born prematurely fell to 11.4 percent in 2013, according to a new report. Officials say the ACA's expansion of Medicaid to adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level has played a role.
The Affordable Care Act wasn't directly on the ballot in any state, but voters did decide a host of health-related issues in the 2014 mid-term elections. And there was no clear theme to what won and lost.
How will a long-time health insurance executive fix the healthcare financing crisis in a state with some of the most expensive and advanced medical care on the planet? Starting in January, Massachusetts is going to find out.
Hospitals dependent on Medicaid disproportionate share allocations must discover new financing models for low-income patients, or else lobby their state governments to make policy changes.
The re-election of Republican governors in closely contested races in Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Maine and Kansas dims the chances of Medicaid expansion in those states.