Policy and Legislation
Like waiting outside the Vatican for the puff of white smoke, the nation sits on edge awaiting the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
The recipients of 81 new Health Care Innovation Awards were announced last week by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
I think it is a fair statement to say it’s a dynamic time to be in the healthcare industry. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is already having a major impact this year, and in reality is changing much of the way hospitals deliver care.
The Physician Sentiment Index, conducted by Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth and Cambridge, Mass.-based Sermo, indicates that the majority of doctors expect the quality of healthcare to decrease in the near future.
Acting CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner and other healthcare leaders discuss how the industry is dealing with the practical issues of establishing ACOs at the Third National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Summit in Washington, D.C., June 6-8.
A new analysis released in the May issue of Health Affairs attempts to change the direction of the contentious debate around a perceived bias by the committee that advises the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the relative value of physician services.
Health insurer Florida Blue has teamed up with Miami-area providers Baptist Health South Florida and American Medical Specialties (AMS) to launch an accountable care organization (ACO) that will focus only on oncology treatment.
Within a handful of miles of the birthplace of the American Revolution, a new revolution was being fomented the last week of April.
Between 2011 and 2021, national health spending is projected to grow at an average rate of 5.7 percent annually, according to projections set forth in a study done by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' National Health Expenditure Accounts Team and published in the July issue of Health Affairs.
With the Supreme Court expected to make a ruling within the next two weeks on key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, UnitedHealthcare, Humana and Aetna have agreed to continue offering certain provisions of the law, regardless of its legal fate.