Policy and Legislation
The Affordable Care Act weighs heavily on the minds of young doctors says a new study by the Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports doctors.
Medicare plans on using resource use reports to tie physician reimbursement to quality and costs of care.
Two bills that would lower healthcare costs for veterans, make it easier for veterans to access the Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare system and prevent older veterans from unexpected out-of-pocket costs was recently introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR).
Last week was a real roller coaster ride for Tenet Healthcare. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced it was fining the hospital network $42.75 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act; then on Thursday Tenet announced an agreement with HHS that would add $84 million to its coffers to correct Medicare underpayments.
A new directive in California is set to save doctors and other medical providers millions.
The VA had published a proposed rule in March to eliminate the co-pays, then added a direct final rule that would expedite the process if the proposed rule received no "significant" opposition. With the comment period ending on April 5, the rule could go into effect as early as May 7.
According to Harvard Law professor Einer Elhauge, in 1790 the first Congress, which included 20 framers of the Constitution, passed a law mandating that shipowners purchase medical insurance for their seamen.
To improve America's lackluster performance on health outcomes compared with its peer nations and to maintain its international competitiveness, the United States needs to invest more in its public health system and spend public health dollars more efficiently, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
A Commonwealth Fund brief that analyzed insurance company MLR data from 2010 shows that health insurance consumers would have received $2 billion in rebates if the new medical loss ratio (MLR) rules contained in the Affordable Care Act had been in effect that year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday that it has signed on 27 organizations as the first under its Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations (ACO).