Is healthcare spending in the United States too high? Are the financial aspects of running the medical system around the country burdening the US economy? The National Center for Policy Analysis...
In recent months, scandals associated with the costs of prescription drugs have made headlines. About seven out of 10 Americans are currently enrolled in a health insurance plan that covers costs of...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is further attempting to innovate and improve medicine through quality-based metrics, as the CMS Office of Minority Health has released new data...
One medical claims processing technological project has been put to rest in the state of California. This project began in 2007 and has still failed to be completed, according to the California...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are renovating how primary care is delivered throughout the United States. According to a news release from the agency, CMS is launching a program...
Nearly 20 years ago, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was established in order to ensure the offspring of low-income families who didn’t qualify for the Medicaid insurance...
As of April 1, 2016, healthcare bundled payments have become a part of the reimbursement strategy of hospitals providing hip and knee replacement surgeries as well as the Centers for Medicare &...
It seems that those residing in Texas who have purchased their healthcare coverage through the health insurance marketplace do not have as much understanding of certain terms as those who have medical...
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in a press release new changes taking place for the Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Program starting in 2017....
There are specific provisions that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has brought to the American people. This includes eliminating healthcare coverage restrictions such as the clause...
Slowly, healthcare providers are moving their reimbursement toward the bundled payment model across some of their medical services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed into law, it established that Medicaid expansion across all 50 states would take place. However, a Supreme Court ruling created a clause...
Health payers around the country may not be faring as well as hoped within the federal health insurance exchange. The Affordable Care Act may have had a negative impact on health insurance companies,...
One of the most common chronic medical conditions found today is that of diabetes. Healthcare providers and payers need to work together to find ways that could help reduce the rates of diabetes...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new proposed rule that would revise the formula used to analyze the performance of accountable care organizations...
On January 15, 2016, the final rule for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model took effect, which is a new reimbursement program for orthopedic surgeries developed by the Centers for...
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed that there will be 121 new accountable care organizations joining the ranks of Medicare ACOs and the Shared Savings...
Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new funds available of as much as $157 million to develop an Accountable Health Communities Model, which will show whether...