Policy and Legislation
For the third time since it first introduced its plans to require women's preventive health services including coverage for contraception under employer-sponsored health plans, the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced a modified set of proposed rules aimed at allaying the objections of religious organizations to the mandate.
On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it had selected more than 500 healthcare organizations to participate in its Bundled Payment for Care Improvement initiative, a program to test how bundling payments for episodes of care can improve care coordination and lower overall Medicare expenditures.
When Congress passed the early morning fiscal cliff compromise there was largely relief across the country. Unfortunately, when it comes to brinksmanship politics, the fine print can get a bit messy and there is often collateral damage and the healthcare sector took a couple of those hits.
Despite the fact that most discussions about health information exchanges focus on technology, the real force that will drive them forward is a solid return on investment for healthcare providers, said a group of experts at a joint hearing of the federal advisory Health IT Policy and Standards committees on Jan. 29.
On January 22, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule designed to provide states with additional flexibility in administering their Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange programs.
The Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) recently outlined its second year of work as it helps guide the state toward a publicly financed single payer healthcare system by 2017.
Richard S. Foster is retiring this week after 18 years as the chief actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He recently sat down to discuss the highs and lows of his career with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News.
The Miami Beach Community Health Center (MBCHC) is suing its former accountants for failing to reveal a $6.8 million "theft" by its former chief executive officer.
A bipartisan bill introduced by representatives D. Phillip Roe, MD, (R-Tenn.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and with the support of numerous provider groups, seeks for a second time to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that his office recovered over $335 million for the state in 2012 that had been improperly claimed through fraud or abuse in the Medicaid system.