The American Association of Family Practitioners (AAFP) recently asked CMS to revoke some of the elements of Medicare physician fee schedule that block reimbursement on telemedicine for ED services,...
According to the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury, full range of FDA-approved contraceptive services should be provided to the enrollees in the group health...
A research team led by AnneMarie Walker-Czyz, EdD, RN, recently conducted a study on the quality of care provided to the patients and on clinical workflow before and after...
After the result of a recent voting, the Senate decided to pass the S. 524 Bill, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). The approved bill was passed on...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a final rule last month, titled “Expanding Uses of Medicare Data by Qualified Entities,” that describes the situations under...
A recent hearing held by the House Ways and Means Committee on Rising Health Insurance Premiums discussed the issues such as barriers in healthcare access, and on how increased...
The new hospital star rating system was released by CMS last month, despite of the attempts from hospital advocacy groups to stop publishing the star ratings. The hospital ratings...
A recent report from the CMS Office of the Actuary (OACT) predicted that the overall expenditure in the health care sector would grow substantially in the upcoming years. The...
A group of Republican senators recently introduced a Bill S.3173 at the House, called the Electronic Health Regulatory Relief Act, which is aimed at decreasing the burden of Medicare...
CMS recently announced new proposals to expand its bundled payment model in association with the development of Alternative Payment Models. According to the proposal, 98 metropolitan areas selected by...
The Office of National Coordinator for Health IT recently published a post explaining the newly established metrics by HHS to evaluate EHR interoperability under MACRA. ONC has to develop...
The state officials in Illinois have shut down three CO-OP facilities within the last two month, the most recent one being the Land of Lincoln health insurance company. The...
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a lawsuit to block the proposed mergers of Aetna-Humana and Anthem-Cigna. DOJ has cited reduced competition in many of the...
The Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released their annual report on Medicare and Medicaid integrity programs. According to the report, Medicare has saved $12.40 during the financial...
CMS published the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (NPRM) for reviews and comments in July. With that, CMS is looking to propose changes to the reimbursement rates for...
Recent studies estimate that as of 2015, every male turning 65 is expected to take prescription medicines worth $195,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. It is predicted that by 2035,...
In the next few months, CMS will announce a final rule on implementing MACRA. Some Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have already started to analyze the new value-based reimbursement plans....
Recently, CMS released a new grading system that gives a star rating to the hospitals in the US based on the quality of care provided. For the first time,...
The health technology startup, Theranos, face another major challenge, as the Democrats have demanded the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is collaborating with international players for combating antibiotic resistance and for developing and discovering new antimicrobial products. HHS has...