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Foreign drug importation gaining steam
A new bill making its way through Congress would allow consumers to buy prescription drugs from a range of companies where drug safety standards are high.
By Anne Zieger • Jan. 1, 2014 -
Justice delays ACA's birth control requirement
The White House has until Friday morning to respond to the block on mandated contraceptive coverage.
By Anne Zieger • Jan. 1, 2014 -
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Federal legislation banning surprise bills has hit a barrage of roadblocks, complicating efforts to protect consumers from unexpected out-of-network charges.
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California acts to enforce ban on ED balance billing
California is the 45th state to ban in-network balance billing.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 31, 2013 -
Health reform exchange enrollment climbs to over 1.1M
The HealthCare.gov site saw a surge of 850,000 visits after the administration offered a one-day extension for people to sign up for coverage effective January 1.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 30, 2013 -
Prime Healthcare enters Rhode Island under cloud
Rhode Island regulators admit that Prime has faced controversies, but agreed to permit its planned acquisition, as long as it met a long list of requirements.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 27, 2013 -
Mass. spending per person on health care highest in US
Dive Brief: A new report on national health spending trends in 2013 has concluded that Massachusetts leads the nation in percentage of residents with health insurance, and that it also spends more on healthcare per person than in any other state in the US. According to the repor...
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 27, 2013 -
N.Y. judge exempts Catholic groups from ACA contraceptive coverage requirement
A New York judge has ruled that local Catholic organizations do not have provide employees with contraceptive coverage required under PPACA.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 17, 2013 -
Mass. to review Partners HealthCare deal
A state commission argues that the deal raises competitive concerns about the two organizations' negotiating power with health insurers.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 16, 2013 -
States do poorly with doctor quality reports
Washington state and Minnesota were the only states getting As on their physician quality reporting efforts.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 10, 2013 -
HIPAA slows use of big data to enhance care
Despite growth in electronic health information, most data resides in silos, making it hard to use for quality improvement and cost savings.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 6, 2013 -
OIG says OCR not fully enforcing privacy provisions of HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights, which enforces privacy provisions of HIPAA, isn't quite doing its job.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 5, 2013 -
Moody's: Reform law delays could hurt insurers
New ACA fixes could have a negative effect on t he risk pool for insurers selling on health plans on the exchanges.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 5, 2013 -
Groups ask HHS to include patient-generated data in MU Stage 3
Groups say patient-generated health data is the "next frontier" in medical management.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 4, 2013 -
$17B paid out to date in Meaningful Use incentive payments
As of October's end, more than 430,000 eligible hospitals and professionals had achieved some form of Meaningful Use compliance.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 4, 2013 -
28% of uninsured would prefer to pay fine, avoid buying coverage
Plans to purchase coverage are split along party lines.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 4, 2013 -
FDA gains new power to regulate compounding pharmacies
The new legislation governing compounding pharmacies follows on the death of 64 people who used one pharmacy in Massachusetts.
By Anne Zieger • Dec. 2, 2013 -
IRS will begin collecting insurer taxes to pay for ACA
Health insurers with premium revenues over $25 million annually will pay a new tax.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 27, 2013 -
Obama plan would help health insurers offset losses
The plan would help insurers who allow consumers to keep their existing plans.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 27, 2013 -
AHA urges CMS to kick off ICD-10 testing soon
The American Hospital Association wants CMS to begin ICD-10 testing by January 2014 and make sure it's available to all hospitals.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 25, 2013 -
CMS to slow down reimbursement cuts to dialysis providers
Overall payments for 2014 will remain the same, CMS announced in its final rule on the subject.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 22, 2013 -
States work to shield consumers from ACA premium increases
State strategies include regulating types of policies offered and finding ways to transition existing high-risk pools to avoid reform-driven rate increases.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 20, 2013 -
CMS developing HIX plan rating system
The new rankings will include ratings for plans' relative quality, as well as their price and health outcomes.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 18, 2013 -
MI bill would force disclosure of ACA's effect on premiums
The bill would require that health plans report the ACA's financial effect through 2018.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 16, 2013 -
HHS OIG scrutinizes outlier payments to hospitals
The HHS Office of the Inspector General wants to know why outlier payment levels vary so widely across the U.S.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 15, 2013 -
Despite increased spending, U.S. lags behind in health outcomes
Dollar for dollar, the U.S. gets less for its healthcare spending than the rest of the developed world.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 13, 2013
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