Policy and Legislation
Congress is either stupid or they're trying to pull a fast one. They continue to scare seniors with the malarkey that the Medicare trust fund will soon become “insolvent.”
A new survey indicates 82 percent of the leaders in health and healthcare policy believe states should be allowed to implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act with full federal support ahead of the timeline outlined in the law.
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has announced a $241 million settlement - the largest recovery in the history of the state's False Claims Act - with Quest Diagnostics to recover illegal overcharges to the state's medical program for the poor.
Health insurance has long been a state affair in the USA. Insurance companies were even exempt from many aspects of federal anti-trust law to better enable state regulators to oversee their activities.
The Department of Health & Human Services has unveiled a regulation that will require independent review of most health insurance annual premium increases of 10 percent or higher.
Republicans have had an easy time of criticizing the Administration’s healthcare overhaul plan, but when it comes to creating their own, the way has been politically treacherous.
A study released earlier this month in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that medical professionals are concerned about bias from commercial funding of continuing medical education – but they aren't willing to pay more money for CME if commercial funding is curtailed or eliminated.
Community Health Systems has reportedly received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking documents related to its emergency room admissions and observations practices at its hospitals.
As providers keep hearing over and over-from RACs and their own Medicare contractors, insufficient documentation is frequently the reason for claim denials.
Healthcare costs in the United States continue to rise, but at a declining rate, according to the latest S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index update.