Policy and Legislation
Pent-up demand for health insurance and curiosity about what the exchanges have to offer proved too much for the federal and many state systems to handle upon opening of the health insurance marketplaces.
The healthcare system has been pretty much a business-to-business sector, but from October, two big things change. Millions of unpredictable individuals enter the market as consumers, and the underlying risk calculation shifts from one that is largely clear and underwritten, to one that depends on a precarious balance.
A new study indicates that 518 community health centers in the more than two dozen states not expanding Medicaid will lose out on $555 million next year.
A Wall Street Journal article caught my eye, since it seemed to report that the Affordable Care Act was making it hard to raise money. But as I read further into it there seems to be nothing really there.
An 18-wheeler roars off into mountainous terrain with engine and transmission going full fury, but with the brakes lying on the repair shop floor. Welcome to Obamacare 2014.
As Republicans and Democrats have battled over reopening the federal government and raising the federal debt ceiling, one idea that keeps coming up is a repeal of the 2010 health law's tax on medical devices.
A new study suggests that hospitals with higher nurse staffing levels may have lower odds of being penalized for readmissions.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has made a number of recent announcements regarding HIPAA Privacy Rule implementation.
UnityPoint Health is notifying 1,800 patients that their protected health records have been compromised after it was discovered that an employee of the health system's third party contractor gained unauthorized access to patient records.
For mainstream folks who aren’t health wonks or political junkies, it can be perplexing to try to understand why House Republicans are so eager to fight the Affordable Care Act that they are willing to shut down the government.