Policy and Legislation
The American Hospital Association says start-up and management costs for an accountable care organization are considerably higher than estimated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in its proposed rule.
The Department of Health and Human Services has made available more than $100 million in funding for up to 75 community transformation grants. HHS officials said the grants, funded by the Affordable Care Act, are aimed at helping communities reduce chronic diseases.
Mitt Romney has outlined his new health plan. He outlined five key steps in an op-ed in USAToday. It looks to me like his health care outline is more intended to make conservative Republicans happy then to really propose ways to reform America’s health care system.
An analysis of Medicare by the Department of Health and Human Services shows changes implemented under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will save more than $120 billion over the next five years.
WakeMed Health and Hospitals of Raleigh, N.C., has submitted an unsolicited offer to purchase rival Rex Healthcare from the UNC Health Care system for $750 million.
The recent New England Journal of Medicine article, “The ACO Model—A Three-Year Financial Loss?” by Trent T. Haywood and Keith C. Kosel, provides a financial analysis of the Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted from 2005 to 2010.
Americans' confidence in their ability to access and pay for healthcare dropped to a historic low in April, according to Thomson Reuters.
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation on a House Republican proposal to convert Medicaid funding to block grants indicates it could force as many as 44 million people out of the program over the next 10 years.
A U.S. federal appeals court in Virginia heard arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
A Republican-sponsored bill aimed at overhauling Maine's health insurance regulations is facing strong partisan opposition, with critics contending it will make insurance unaffordable for those living in rural areas.