Policy and Legislation
Medicaid coverage alone is no guarantee of improved health outcomes, but researchers found that expanding Medicaid in Oregon reduced depression and eliminated out-of-pocket costs for its low-income enrollees.
When President Barack Obama released his fiscal year 2014 budget proposal in April, John Lozier, executive director of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), became immediately concerned that not enough is being done at the federal level to resolve the on-going homelessness epidemic.
After an 18-month wait, a was confirmed by the Senate as CMS administrator on Wednesday and was broadly hailed by nearly all corners of the industry.
Healthcare spending in the U.S. is out of control and part of the reason for the approaching train wreck is that decision makers place too much trust in people's ability to think rationally. At least that’s the conclusion of a recent analysis in Health Affairs. Part of the solution, according to the report, rests in a deeper understanding of behavioral economics.
As the GOP-controlled House of Representatives prepares again to vote this week on a repeal of the 2010 health law, some key Republican senators have seized on recent news developments to show their ire.
The federal government has uncovered a string of alleged Medicare fraud attempts totalling $223 million and involving 89 individuals in eight cities.
A new report examining the state of the skilled nursing industry finds that there have been steady quality improvements since 2003 but more can be done.
That sigh of relief you heard Monday was from hospital administrators in nearly two dozen states, including Florida and Texas.
So just about everyone is pretty pumped about the White House announcement of its new open data policy.
Increasing healthcare cost sharing does little to reduce overall healthcare costs or make it more efficient, according to a report released Wednesday by the Economic Policy Institute. But shifting the burden to patients puts an excessive load on those who may need care the most and can least afford it.