Policy and Legislation
The Care Continuum Alliance, a healthcare industry association with more than 200 members, meets Wednesday on Capitol Hill to discuss strategies for improving population health and chronic disease management.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has added 89 more accountable care organizations (ACOs) to coordinate care and improve quality for Medicare patients in 40 states and Washington, D.C.
On Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would update many payment policies and rates involving services for Medicare beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) beginning on Jan. 1. 2013.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is sending some sunshine in the direction of primary care providers. In a proposed rule issued July 6, CMS is offering payment increases for family physicians and other primary care providers as well as proposals to better pay for the range of care primary care providers give patients.
Some standard political campaign ploys are not going to cut it this campaign season say campaign watchers -- at least when coupled with the issue of healthcare.
CMS fears seniors may not be taking advantage of the information available to them because the process is too complex to navigate.
In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court ruled in favor of healthcare reform marking a momentous occasion for Americans, hospitals, patients and all other parties in the healthcare continuum. However, now that reform has passed what will hospitals be doing differently that they previously hadn’t?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier (UDI).
Dan Walsh and James Allen, healthcare experts with New York-based PA Consulting Group, provide their views on the implications of the ACA on healthcare reform in general and also, specifically, the implications for payers, state governments and the pharmaceutical industry.
While one survey found a slight uptick in the popularity of Obamacare since the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the larger question pertains to whether or not the legislative victory will help President Obama in the long-run, and that jury is still out.