Policy and Legislation
A recent survey by the National Senior Citizens Law Center found that many Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Part D plans are not publishing marketing materials in Spanish as required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid under their provider contracts.
Mercifully this year's political season came to a close with the November elections. For those who campaigned on an agenda of "taking back our government" - that would be the tea party movement - let's consider a dose of reality as it relates to government health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid.
The American Hospital Association is encouraging Congress to extend several tax provisions necessary to hospital capital financing.
Two items of interest concerning health care reform: one concerning repeal of an unpopular provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; the other a bi-partisan effort to allow states to opt-out of some of the health care reform law’s provisions.
It's amazing how much trouble a couple of hundred inexpensive health insurance policies can cause.
More than 18.3 million adults aged 50 to 64 are expected to see significant improvement in their health insurance protections as provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are implemented in 2014, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
What a year! How many times have you said that as the current year winds to a close and you continue trying just to catch up (or catch your breath)? 2010 has been "one of those years" for healthcare providers and professionals, and as we reach its end I'd like to share some perspective that will take us into 2011 and some "new beginnings."
A Virginia federal district judge ruled Monday that a provision of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, marking a victory for those who oppose the law.
Physicians' groups are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to pay "long-overdue" 2010 Medicare reimbursements.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said last week that the 10 physician group practices participating in year four of the Medicare pay-for-performance demonstration project recorded estimated savings of $38.7 million in Medicare expenditures.