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An analysis from HealthPocket has found that consumers who choose lower cost Bronze and Silver plans under the Affordable Care Act will likely pay more for prescription drugs than they do now.
It's often said that our society is one steeped waist-deep in impatience. We want fast Internet, fast food, quick news, overnight deliveries. And this culture of immediate gratification pervades virtually every realm of society, even healthcare.
CMS' Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model requires a degree of patience that many of the participating organizations couldn't afford, as evidenced by the recent announcement that nine are leaving the program.
As a new generation ages into Medicare -- some with complex chronic conditions, others with a penchant for an active lifestyle and many expected to live into theirs 80s and 90s -- home healthcare models are changing.
President Barack Obama promoted the lower premiums consumers will gain from competition among health plans under the Affordable Care Act on Thursday at the White House.
Community Health Systems has reduced its second quarter earnings forecast and announced it has received another subpoena related to an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into the hospital operator's admissions practices.
Many insurance brokers have a dismal view of their industry's future viability, as economic trends and health reform appear to reduce their demand, a survey by Aflac has found.
Leaders from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Internal Revenue Service said at an occasionally fractious congressional hearing that the federal data hub will be mostly, if not fully, functioning by October, supporting information sharing for insurance and Medicaid applications.
One would think, given the title of the CMS press release, "Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations succeed in improving care, lowering costs," that the first year of the advanced ACO program was an across-the-board roaring success. But upon closer examination, the report card would appear to be rather checkered.
An new national survey shows that, despite the one-year delay in ICD-10 compliance, many healthcare providers do not understand the value of the medical diagnostic codes that will be used beginning Oct. 1, 2014.