Policy and Legislation
How can healthcare finance executives drive value for their organizations? That question will be front and center at the upcoming ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference, sponsored by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
More than 5 million Americans with traditional Medicare took advantage of one or more of the preventive benefits that are now available free thanks to the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Last Thursday, the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council released the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy, a comprehensive plan that will help increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life.
A regional healthcare fraud prevention summit in Philadelphia on Friday brought together a wide array of federal, state and local partners, beneficiaries, providers and other interested parties to discuss ways to eliminate fraud within the U.S. healthcare system.
On June 6, 2011, CMS published a final rule to implement an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that prohibits Medicaid payments for care associated with “provider-preventable conditions” (PPCs).
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule this week that would establish conditions of participation for community mental health centers (CMHCs).
Leading GOP candidate and Massachusetts health plan architect Mitt Romney drew attention this week as challenger Tim Pawlenty coined the term "Obamneycare," deriding both Romney's and Obama's healthcare policies. We asked our Facebook and Twitter followers for their reactions.
President Barack Obama requested $54.9 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans' Affairs for fiscal year 2012 and $56.7 billion for fiscal year 2013, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office this week.
Applying the principles of coordinated and integrated care beyond the Medicare market is essential if this country is going to successfully manage healthcare costs.
The American Academy of Family Physicians has long argued for more equity in payments for primary care services, but last week it became more outspoken.