Policy and Legislation
Proposal would levy the tax directly on opioid manufacturers and wholesalers, who would pay 1 cent per milligram at the first point of sale.
CMS initiative aims to boost outcomes, reduce cost and find innovative ways to deliver care to underserved populations.
J. David Cox Sr. demanded leaders address the issues but refrain from using report as fuel for privatization talk.
Controversial proposal by the Health and Human Services Department drew letters from 4,000 organizations, individuals in 20-day comment period.
Without the cost-sharing reduction payments that allow insurers to lower deductibles, premiums in silver plans could jump by 19 percent, study says.
Researchers concluded that when states expanded eligibility they saw larger health care expenditures covered by federal funding.
Most will have to ramp up services to meet MACRA compliance standards, need to educate themselves on law itself, ASCO says.
The Affordable Care Act individual market showed progress in 2016, but still needs time to mature, S&P says.
HHS, along with other departments across the board, may have to do more with less.
Making the programs voluntary would send a damaging signal to the healthcare industry about CMS' ability to carry out mandatory demonstrations.