Policy and Legislation
Healthcare Finance News recently held a survey about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office of the budget proposal submitted Tuesday by House Finance Committee Chairman Paul Ryan shows that it would shift more healthcare costs to seniors while requiring states to either pick up a much larger portion of Medicaid funding or significantly reduce spending.
Most physicians and healthcare administrators believe that healthcare, and particularly the "revenue cycle," are controlled entirely by managed-care companies.
Building on the outrage over proposed cuts to long-term care programs, the California Senate Committee on Health has moved along a bill which seeks to create an integrated system of long-term care, helping seniors stay in their homes and reducing healthcare costs.
Congress has approved the repeal of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would have required small businesses, including physicians, to file an IRS 1099 form for each vendor purchase of $600 or more.
Many children covered under Medicaid and CHIP needing care coordination and access to care networks had difficulty getting the needed services according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office.
One of the most despairing aspects of the last 10 years has been Republicans’ failure to get serious about Medicare spending. As I’ve written many times, Medicare is the monster that will swallow us up if we don’t do something about it. Yet Republicans have made matters worse over the years in a number of ways.
A new study published on March 31 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the litigation risk of nursing homes is not tied to their quality.
A white paper released by MedeAnalytics shows health insurance plans should benefit from the proposed rule on accountable care organizations.
The Council of Accountable Physician Practices, an affiliate of the American Medical Group Association, has announced a new public education program aimed at providing resources and information about the value of care coordination and accountable care to national healthcare reform.