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Pressure Builds To Cut Medicare Patients In On Prescription Deals
Medicare enrollees, who have watched their out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs climb in recent years, might be in for a break.
Trump Administration Whacks Millions From Budget Used To Push Obamacare
President Donald Trump has insisted for months that “Obamacare is already dead.”
CMS issues updated analysis of current projected issuer participation in Health Insurance Exchanges
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is releasing an updated county-level map of projected issuer participation on the Health Insurance Exchanges in 2018 based on the known issuer public announcements through June 27, 2017.
Justice Department Joins Lawsuit Alleging Massive Medicare Fraud By UnitedHealth
The Justice Department has joined a California whistleblower’s lawsuit that accuses insurance giant UnitedHealth Group of fraud in its popular Medicare Advantage health plans.
Docs Bill Medicare For End-Of-Life Advice As ‘Death Panel’ Fears Reemerge
End-of-life counseling sessions, once decried by some conservative Republicans as “death panels,” gained steam among Medicare patients in 2016, the first year doctors could charge the federal program for the service.
Oregon Awarded Health Insurance Enforcement and Consumer Protections Cycle I Grant
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded approximately $1,245,919 to Oregon to use for enforcement and oversight of issuer compliance with select Affordable Care Act (ACA) key consumer protections.
First Half of 2016 Effectuated Enrollment Snapshot
For the first half of 2016, an average of 10.4 million consumers had effectuated Health Insurance Marketplace coverage – which means those individuals, paid their premiums and had an active policy through one of the Health Insurance Marketplaces nationwide as of that date.
HHS finalizes streamlined Medicare payment system that rewards clinicians for quality patient care
Today, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized a landmark new payment system for Medicare clinicians that will continue the Administration’s pro
CMS awards $347 million to continue progress toward a safer health care system
Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks to continue patient safety improvement efforts started under the Partnership for Patients initiative
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