Policy and Legislation
People living on incomes below 250 percent of the poverty rate -- less than $55,875 per year for a family of four -- have a disproportionately high rate of uninsurance and access to healthcare, according to a new report released yesterday by the Commonwealth Fund.
The Measures Application Partnership (MAP) has submitted its recommendations on the improvement and coordination of care by post-acute care and long-term care providers to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Medicare Advantage would appear to be a fantastic success—senior premiums are dropping and enrollment is increasing.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services needs to strengthen its oversight capacity, according to the Office of Inspector General's annual summary of management and performance challenges facing the agency.
The American Medical Association (AMA) urges HHS to put the breaks on ICD-10, while the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) wants to stay the course.
Hospital audits conducted through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program are usually handled by compliance departments and are generally managed by a single full-time employee (FTE), according to a new survey from the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act saved more than $2.1 billion in the cost of prescription drugs for more than 3.6 million seniors enrolled in Medicare in 2011.
The Medical Group Management Association yesterday urged the U.S Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate action to help alleviate payment disruptions that have occurred due to the transition to HIPAA 5010.
The panel of physicians that makes recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services about the relative value of physician services has voted to add two new members to its current roster of 29.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage considers reducing the number of people eligible for the state's MaineCare program by 65,000 in an effort to save $37 million.