Reimbursement
The Oregon House has unanimously passed a bill that tries to take a step towards limiting Medicaid "churn" -- a problem some think may grow under expanded Medicaid and insurance exchange coverage, with individual and family incomes fluctuating in an uncertain economy.
Presence Health, the largest Catholic health system based in Illinois, has announced it will team with Harris Corporation to implement a new clinical integration platform.
About seven months before the Affordable Care Act's "play or pay" employer responsibility provisions take effect, the Internal Revenue Service is still finalizing regulations for questions like whether seasonal tourism workers or part-time school instructors qualify for coverage and how to calculate hours across corporate structures.
A new analysis of seven years of consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) membership shows that enrollees in these plans were less likely than those with traditional insurance coverage to be between the ages of 21 and 34 according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
A new analysis of seven years of consumer-driven health plan (CDHP) membership shows that enrollees in these plans were less likely than those with traditional insurance coverage to be between the ages of 21 and 34 according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).
The debate about the increasing role of nurse practitioners was taken up by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) early in April, when the commission addressed issues of reimbursement for NPs and other non-physician practitioners.
The Senate Finance committee on Tuesday unanimously approved Marilyn Tavenner to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Tavenner, who has been temporarily running CMS for the past two years, now faces a full Senate vote before she can officially assume the CMS Administrator position.
Michael D. Miller, MD, owner of HealthPolCom Consulting, speaks with George Jones, CEO of Bread for the City, about health reform and access to care for Washington, D.C.'s low-income population.
Delivering what founder and president Jason Grumet described as "one of the most challenging projects we've undertaken," the Bipartisan Policy Center on April 18 delivered what it hopes will be "a viable political plan to reign in the spiraling costs" of healthcare while also improving quality.
CCIIO is trying to clear any confusion on navigators, in-person assistors, application counselors and agents and brokers; small government advocates are making continued arguments against state HIXs; and California gets set to hire 500 for a call center.