Policy and Legislation
Another 2.9 million renewed their coverage as the deadline for January coverage looms.
"Eligible professionals" will submit eCQM data according to the 2015 specifications for their 2016 fourth quarter reporting.
Vice President Biden joined the president in signing the bill, which passed through Congress with overwhelming approval.
Introduced in House and Senate, bill would allow people who miss initial enrollment deadline to sign up in the fall, coverage would begin the month after they enroll.
Eager Republicans are pushing for a bill to hit President-elect Trump's desk in January, experts doubt timeline.
Patients experienced more than 3 million fewer of these adverse events during that period.
The new models often require practices to take on downside financial risk, which is a lot to ask of an organization with scant resources.
Southern states carried the highest percentages of adults at risk of being shut out by insurers.
While physicians are motivated to improve care quality, new frustrations with the complicated law coupled with change fatigue will bog doctors down.
Transformation of healthcare system is larger than any one president or administration, Burwell says.