Policy and Operations
Medicare to Save $650 Million Under Outpatient Pay Proposal21 Aug 2019
Medicare beneficiaries would save $160 million in co-payments in 2020 Hospitals sued HHS to end the site-neutral payment policy, saying... Continue Reading
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HHS Awards Nearly $42 Million to Expand Health Information Technology In Health Centers Nationwide07 Aug 2019
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded almost $42 million... Continue Reading
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Healthcare Price Transparency Efforts Gain Steam: 4 Takeaways07 Aug 2019
Efforts for improved healthcare price transparency are ramping up at federal agencies and in Congress, according to Forbes. Four takeaways... Continue Reading
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75% of Americans Lack Access or Unaware of Telehealth Options, Survey Finds07 Aug 2019
Nearly 75% of Americans say they either don’t have access or are unaware of telehealth options, according to a J.D. Power pulse survey tracing... Continue Reading
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Medicaid Managed Care Market Tracker07 Aug 2019
More than two-thirds of all Medicaid beneficiaries nationally receive most or all of their care from risk-based managed care organizations (MCOs) that... Continue Reading
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GAO: HHS Security Risk Management Strategy Lacks Key NIST Elements07 Aug 2019
The Government Accountability Office found 11 federal agencies, including HHS, has yet to develop its cybersecurity risk management to include... Continue Reading
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Appeals Court Seems Unsure on Whether ObamaCare Mandate is Constitutional24 Jul 2019
A federal appeals court on Tuesday hinted that it would strike down ObamaCare’s individual mandate as unconstitutional, but the three-judge... Continue Reading
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Insurers Running Medicare Advantage Plans Overbill Taxpayers By Billions As Feds Struggle To Stop It24 Jul 2019
Health insurers that treat millions of seniors have overcharged Medicare by nearly $30 billion the past three years alone, but... Continue Reading
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How Medicare Advantage Plans Reduced Their Disenrollment Rates by 30% Through Welltok24 Jul 2019
The average Medicare Advantage plan turns over about 10% of its members every year, and for a 100,000 member plan,... Continue Reading
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House Members Seek to Advance EHR Interoperability Between VA, DOD24 Jul 2019
In an effort to move forward on EHR interoperability efforts between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense,... Continue Reading
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