The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made a tremendous impact on healthcare coverage among Americans. An extra 20 million people now have healthcare access do due to the health...
There has been a fair amount of controversy regarding Medicare Part B drug prescribing reforms. For instance, the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) has called for blocking the regulation changing...
Healthcare affordability remains a top issue throughout the United States. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation released a brief discussing how many Americans still have difficulty with healthcare...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule detailing a timeline for the expansion of the Medicare Secondary Payer Web portal, which must meet the requirements of...
On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously called for the lower courts to rule on the Zubik v. Burwell case and to find a compromise. This particular court case argues on whether employers, specifically...
Once again, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is receiving criticism from the Republican-led House of Representatives. House Republicans had filed a lawsuit claiming that the Obama...
The Medicare program, Medicaid coverage, and the Children's Health Insurance Program are not the only public payers offering assistance to the American people. Veterans Affairs (VA) also...
Despite the fact that the House of Representatives and the Senate attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act at the end of 2015, consumers seem to be satisfied with their healthcare coverage options...
The proposed changes to the Medicare Part B prescription drug program is finding opposition among multiple medical organizations. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will need to...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has undergone significant reforms in recent years in order to reduce wasteful healthcare spending and improve patient health outcomes around...
The Affordable Care Act and other regulatory changes were meant to reform the healthcare industry and save costs on wasteful spending. Recent results coming from the Department of Health and Human...
The health insurance industry has been changing due to the Affordable Care Act and other regulatory pressures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Rising healthcare costs along...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act led to the development of the Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center, which eventually brought the creation of accountable care organizations...
Those who have spent time in a doctor’s office or emergency room may have seen that the prices of healthcare services tend to vary drastically among separate medical facilities. New findings from...
Last Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report covering the state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility and enrollment data for...
Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rulemaking regarding the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The MACRA...
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has proposed new rules regarding the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) which will essentially remove the meaningful use...
The Medicaid program has greatly changed since the passage of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act. Most importantly, more than half of the states throughout the nation have implemented...
Various health plans sold through the health insurance marketplace may actually overlapped with Medicaid coverage. The Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) released a study that shows...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that changes the Medicare reimbursement policies at skilled nursing facilities for 2017. Essentially, the...
