Policy and Legislation
Sentara Healthcare of Norfolk, Va., has been named the top integrated healthcare network in the country, according to the SDI 2011 Top 100 IHNs. This is the 14th year that SDI has ranked healthcare networks on their performance and degree of integration.
The government's healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered more than $4 billion in taxpayer dollars for the Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program in 2010, the largest sum ever recovered in a single year, according to findings published in the government's Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program report.
On January 3, 2011, CMS began registering clinicians for participation in meaningful use programs. Every region of the United States has Regional Extension Centers which can help answer any questions. Here's an overview of the steps you need to take.
Experts attending the National Congress on Health Insurance Reform in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19-21 expressed doubt that Republicans would be able to eliminate the Affordable Care Act, even as the House voted to repeal the law.
The Office of the Inspector General has reported that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' policy of prepayment to Medicare Advantage plans allowed the private insurers to earn and retain more than $450 million in interest income in 2007.
Connolly Healthcare, the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for Region C posted 77 new issues and DCS, the RAC for Region A posted seven new issues, continuing the pattern that healthcare providers have come to expect from all four RACs - postings that present confusing, incomplete and oftentimes contradictory information.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that 3 million Medicare beneficiaries have saved money on prescription medications as a result of the Affordable Care Act, via $250 rebate checks mailed to beneficiaries in the so-called "doughnut hole" coverage gap.
The Arizona Legislature on Thursday authorized Gov. Jan Brewer to apply for a federal waiver with the Department of Health and Human Services that seeks to drop 280,000 people from the state's Medicaid rolls.
States can apply for a second round of grant funding to help implement health insurance exchanges mandated under the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Thursday.
Texas lawmakers under Republican leadership unveiled a budget proposal this week to cover the years 2012-2013 that would cut Medicaid reimbursements to long-term care facilities by 33 percent and payments to hospitals by 10 percent.