Policy and Legislation
Tax reform bill eliminates Affordable Care Act mandate; opponents fear cuts to Medicaid, Medicare.
HHS Office for Civil Rights offers a new perspective on the privacy law as it relates to mental health and substance abuse, clinical research.
As support for single-payer healthcare climbs in the U.S. researchers question the pros and cons of both systems.
Labs that were paid millions are now deeply in debt to Medicare with few assets on hand.
Clinicians need technical assistance and greater program integrity to keep QPP from risk of fraud and improper payments, according to the Office of the Inspector General.
Going into the final days of open enrollment, more than 4 million people have selected plans, but CMS says many will fail to keep their coverage.
Eligible clinicians can report quality information for only one patient using just one measure but they have to do it in 2017.
House Ways and Means Committee Republicans have introduced several bills to stop Affordable Care Act taxes from going into effect.
Patients admitted to rural hospitals have greater risk of death during hospitalization than they do in urban hospitals, a study finds. That means it's time for healthcare executives to address this problem.
The new outcome measures are for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term hospital stays.