Policy and Legislation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and the Illinois Hospital Association have launched Preventing Readmissions through Effective Partnerships, an initiative aimed at reducing hospital readmissions.
Taking a cue from the FBI, the Health and Human Services Department has released an online list of its "Most Wanted" fugitives charged with committing healthcare fraud.
With states considering reductions in Medicaid spending to address mounting budget deficits, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has sent a letter to governors outlining ways they can save money on Medicaid expenditures.
The National Academy of Social Insurance has issued a legislative toolkit intended to provide options for policymakers in implementing health insurance exchanges - a key element of the Affordable Care Act.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule that would require most Medicare-participating providers and suppliers to give Medicare beneficiaries written notice about their right to contact a Medicare Quality Improvement Organization with concerns about the quality of care they receive.
Two years after the reauthorization and expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program, a state-by-state scorecard designed to evaluate how the system is working finds wide geographic disparities, according to the Commonwealth Fund.
Blue Shield of California will comply with a request by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to delay planned rate hikes for nearly 200,000 individual policy holders for 60 days to allow the commissioner's office time to examine them.
Math. Can’t live with it. Can’t live without it. We all like things to “add up.” We want ledgers to balance. And some folks even believe numbers don’t lie.
Medical malpractice reform is one of the few health care policy issues where there is a real possibility of agreement between the White House and Congress.
A Florida judge has struck down the Affordable Care Act, ruling Monday on a case filed by 25 Republican attorneys general and governors.