Policy and Legislation
President Obama's administration said Friday that it will stop accepting applications for waivers from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's minimum coverage requirements after September 22, 2011.
An American Medical Association (AMA) vote to continue a policy supporting individual responsibility for health insurance and assistance for those who cannot afford it, drew immediate opposition from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).
High cost drugs used to treat relatively few people suffering from complex conditions like anemia, cancer, hemophilia, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and human growth hormone deficiency are often the most expensive, costing thousands of dollars for each prescription.
UnitedHealthcare is suing the Department of Defense over the loss of its TRICARE South Region contract. The health insurance company has been fighting for reinstatement of the contract it was originally awarded in 2009 but lost last February.
Many predictions were made early in 2011 about the issues that would challenge healthcare finance leaders this year. Does your experience bear them out?
How can healthcare finance executives drive value for their organizations? That question will be front and center at the upcoming ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference, sponsored by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
More than 5 million Americans with traditional Medicare took advantage of one or more of the preventive benefits that are now available free thanks to the Affordable Care Act, according to a report released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Last Thursday, the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council released the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy, a comprehensive plan that will help increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life.
A regional healthcare fraud prevention summit in Philadelphia on Friday brought together a wide array of federal, state and local partners, beneficiaries, providers and other interested parties to discuss ways to eliminate fraud within the U.S. healthcare system.
On June 6, 2011, CMS published a final rule to implement an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that prohibits Medicaid payments for care associated with “provider-preventable conditions” (PPCs).