The health payer industry has seen its share of legal battles when it comes to keeping businesses afloat financially. One particular health insurance company – the National Elevator Industry...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released information showing growing deficits that are expected to increase by more than $100 billion in 2016 and expand to $1 trillion by 2022. The Committee...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may have done its job in one particular state with regard to expanding health coverage options and providing federal subsidies on the health insurance...
One of the most looming issues within the healthcare industry has been the medical debt that many citizens around the nation incur if they are struck with a serious acute or chronic illness. A report...
The future of the healthcare industry hangs in the balance as the presidential nominees within the United States have their own plans for how to improve the consumer experience and the world of the...
Even though President Barack Obama vetoed the Budget Reconciliation bill aimed at repealing the Affordable Care Act, there is still the potential that, if a Republican nominee wins the presidential...
Yesterday, representatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association came together to provide an overview of the current healthcare market in a...
The House of Representatives voted 240 to 181 in favor of the Budget Reconciliation bill, which would repeal large parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as well as take away funding...
Several years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that state Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to be optional for each region. This led a large number of states to...
When the medical industry including diagnostics and treatment became more complex and sophisticated in the early 1900s, everyday citizens began to see a surge in the costs for healthcare services. With...
The Obama administration’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has dealt with a multitude of opposition since its passage and this past year has been no different. There are still partisan...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has had many obstacles in the way when revolutionizing the healthcare insurance field and broadening access to medical care for the US population. What...
Earlier this year, the federal government passed the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), which reforms the Medicare program by abolishing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)...
On Monday, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court that asks the justices to provide a writ of certiorari in a court case that claims...
In 2014, the rise of prescription drug spending hit 13 percent while overall healthcare spending growth increased by 5 percent. This steep rise is causing concern among both federal agencies like the...
The last year has had a huge impact on the health payer market as well as the entire healthcare industry from providers and educational institutions to the federal government and the patient community....
Ever since new legislation such as the Affordable Care Act or the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act were passed, the healthcare industry has been reforming and...
What will happen to the health insurance exchange created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? Will it continue on as originally planned by the Obama administration? Or will new...
On Thursday, the United States Senate voted 52 to 47 in passing a legislation that would gut major provisions within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This is the first time the Senate...
The insurer UnitedHealthcare has recently announced that it would consider moving away from the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges due to significant profit losses. The actions of...
