Policy and Legislation
Nearly half a million patients in New York's Hudson Valley are now associated with a patient-centered medical home, created in part with $1.5 million in incentives provided by six health plans organized by the Taconic Health Information Network and Community.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has certified a class action lawsuit against one of the world's largest distributors of pharmaceuticals. The San Francisco-based McKesson Corporation has been accused of inflating the prices of hundreds of brand-name prescription drugs, including some of the most prescribed, such as Prozac and Lipitor.
Thirteen new guidelines for the patient-centered medical home recognition and accreditation program have been released by the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians and American Osteopathic Association.
On February 25, 2011, CMS published a proposed rule that would implement an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision to allow states to provide Medicaid home and community-based attendant services and supports through the Community First Choice (CFC) state plan option.
A Las Vegas woman has pled guilty to falsely representing to Medicare that she owned a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment company which collected close to $2 million in federal reimbursement funds.
Nearly half of healthcare professionals participating in Beacon Partners' 2011 Healthcare Reform Study think repealing healthcare reform will negatively impact patient care.
A federal appeals court decision that supports clarifications to the term "creditor" under the red flags rule has prompted the American Medical Association to drop a similar suit against the Federal Trade Commission.
The American Medical Association is calling on the business community to help fight administrative waste in healthcare. A root cause of the $200 billion-a-year problem, says AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD, is lack of standardization.
An estimated 60% of American bankruptcies result from overwhelming medical costs. My uncle's tale illuminates the dual tragedy of suffering catastrophic illness and being uninsured.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General wants the federal government to look more closely at the use of Medicare Part D rebates, according to a new report.