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House passes AHCA, Senate to draft its own ACA repeal bill
The measure dismantles key ACA provisions such as essential health benefits and pre-existing condition protections.
By Jeff Byers , Shannon Muchmore • May 4, 2017 -
GOP leaders say they can pass AHCA today
The bill that repeals the ACA is still opposed by nearly every major group in the healthcare industry. They are concerned that the bill could mean 24 million without coverage over the next 10 years.
By Shannon Muchmore • May 4, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why Anthem and Cigna can't convince judges they should merge
The $54 billion deal to create the largest health insurance company in the country is still on because, although Cigna has been at best a reluctant participant for months, Anthem won’t give up.
By Ana Mulero • May 2, 2017 -
Industry groups slam AHCA amendment, backers delay vote again
Of particular concern is how the bill would affect older and sicker patients as well as those with preexisting conditions.
By Meg Bryant • April 28, 2017 -
New report trumpets Medicaid enrollees' access to healthcare
The Commonwealth Fund found that Medicaid enrollees have nearly the same access to healthcare as those with private insurance.
By Les Masterson • April 28, 2017 -
Kaiser Permanente, other heavy hitters call for value-based healthcare model
Several key health leaders announced pilot programs beginning with a value-based plan to treat heart failure in the Atlanta area.
By Les Masterson • April 27, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How patient portals can improve patient engagement
“There are a lot of workflow challenges, and the low bar within Meaningful Use hasn’t motivated a lot of practices to try and promote [portal] adoption and use,” says Chilmark Research’s Brian Eastwood.
By Meg Bryant • April 27, 2017 -
Price at Health Datapalooza: 'Rules of the road' are needed for 'true interoperability'
“True interoperability has always been the goal,” HHS Secretary Tom Price said at the conference.
By Ana Mulero • April 27, 2017 -
Hospitals could lose $250B from MACRA, study finds
“If successful APMs are not available to physicians, there could be unintended consequences for patients," authors of a study published in Health Affairs wrote.
By Les Masterson • April 25, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How hospitals can prepare for an influenza pandemic
A pandemic could put a strain on the healthcare system, sicken hospital staff and stretch hospital resources to their limits.
By Les Masterson • April 24, 2017 -
Trump administration dismisses Vivek Murthy as US Surgeon General
The decision from President Donald Trump's administration was made after Murthy was asked to resign as the nation's "top doctor."
By Jeff Byers • April 24, 2017 -
Anthem files motion to bar Cigna from terminating $54B merger
A hearing for the preliminary injunction has been set for May 8.
By Ana Mulero • April 24, 2017 -
Individual health market shows improvement but uncertainty remains, report finds
The Kaiser Family Foundation said individual market insurers’ medical loss ratio has improved 7 percentage points between 2015 and 2016.
By Les Masterson • April 21, 2017 -
CMS wants private hospital error reports to go public
The agency believes that making the accreditation information public will give patients more quality and safety information.
By Les Masterson • April 19, 2017 -
VA partnership with CVS MinuteClinics seeks to improve access to care in Phoenix area
The Department of Veterans Affairs said the area’s 120,000 veterans can now get routine care at 24 different CVS MinuteClinic locations.
By Les Masterson • April 19, 2017 -
'Vast majority' of payers committed to exchanges despite no assurances from CMS
An Oliver Wyman survey found 70% of payers plan to stay in the Affordable Care Act exchanges for the 2018 coverage year.
By Les Masterson • April 19, 2017 -
Study: Fewer post-surgery deaths with use of safety checklist
South Carolina is the first state to implement the WHO checklist on a voluntary, statewide basis.
By Meg Bryant • April 18, 2017 -
Study: Patients with serious psychological distress still have more problems getting and paying for care
This finding came despite two pieces of legislation implemented over the past decade that include provisions to help those needing mental health services.
By Les Masterson • April 18, 2017 -
CMS announces more money for inpatient hospitals, changes to EHR reporting
The CMS also seeks to alter uncompensated care reimbursements for safety net hospitals.
By Les Masterson • April 17, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why (even red) states are expanding Medicaid and what that means for health systems
Major health reform may be all but dead at the federal level, but many states still have big decisions to make.
By Shannon Muchmore • April 17, 2017 -
Final ACA regulations tighten enrollment window, loosen coverage requirements
The changes to the ACA regulations come after Republicans failed to push through a law repealing the measure.
By Shannon Muchmore • April 17, 2017 -
Report: More competition will contain healthcare costs, improve quality
A "dearth of competition" has created a dysfunctional healthcare system, according to a new paper from the Center for Health Policy at Brookings and Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College.
By Les Masterson • April 14, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why the threatened AHRQ is vital to the hospital industry
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s budget is less than 1% of everything spent on health research and just 0.016% of all spending on healthcare. But Trump's proposed budget would do away with it.
By Meg Bryant • April 13, 2017 -
Hospitals participating in value-based programs have lower readmission rates
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at hospital records for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients.
By Meg Bryant • April 12, 2017 -
Major healthcare lobbying groups urge Trump, Congress to fund ACA subsidies
"The most critical action to help stabilize the individual market for 2017 and 2018 is to remove uncertainty about continued funding for cost sharing reductions," eight influential groups wrote to the administration.
By Jeff Byers • April 12, 2017
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