Medicare & Medicaid
Researchers concluded that when states expanded eligibility they saw larger health care expenditures covered by federal funding.
Making the programs voluntary would send a damaging signal to the healthcare industry about CMS' ability to carry out mandatory demonstrations.
Harvard economist Katherine Baicker discusses the complex question of Medicaid expansion at the HIMSS Pop Health Forum.
Feds say Prestige Healthcare failed to ensure that physician orders were obtained for genetic tests prior to being conducted.
However, overall hospital quality star ratings will not include Patient Safety Indicator results for fiscal year 2018 due to a software issue.
The Assistance and Alignment tracks of the Accountable Health Communities Model will begin on May 1 for a five-year performance period.
If coverage of the low spenders declines, insurers' ability to offer affordable coverage to high spenders with greater need will also decline.
Efforts to gain votes from holdout conservatives repelled moderate Republicans in House; placating moderates kept conservatives from signing on.
The work requirement is one of the most controversial features of Kentucky's proposed strategy to drastically remake its Medicaid expansion.
Relatively few physicians said these resources improved care "a lot," significantly reduced costs, study says.