Policy and Legislation
The latest plan to surface in the Congressional debate to raise the debt ceiling is the proposal from the recently resuscitated "Gang of Six" senators that aims to reduce the deficit by $3.7 trillion and includes significant cuts in healthcare programs.
Earlier this week, the AARP released a report that found the unpaid contributions of family caregivers in the United States in 2009 was approximately $450 billion.
Foes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) made a big point of complaining about the length of the bill.
Jonathan Blum, deputy administrator and director for the Center of Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says most physicians recognize that U.S. healthcare is inefficient and must change, and are eager to try accountable care organizations (ACOs).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday proposed standards for the creation of Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs), new private consumer governed health insurance plans. CMS also announced rules for how CO-OPs can qualify for $3.8 billion in government loans to help start up these insurance plans.
July 19, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed update to the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) for calendar year (CY) 2012.
Lawmakers introduced legislation yesterday designed to reverse a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will allow middle-class early retirees to qualify for free Medicaid benefits.
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office are developing a demonstration project to address the costly problem of frequent preventable inpatient hospitalizations of nursing facility patients.
We are at serious risk of applying a self-inflicted wound that will be difficult to recover from.
Almost 300 school-based health center programs have been awarded a total of $95 million, announced HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan last week.