The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Government Operations recently held a hearing to examine the program integrity efforts of different Federal Agencies, who were vulnerable to...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has now released a interim final rule that increases the maximum Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) amounts for those agencies that are...
In a recent announcement, CMS declared their plans to launch a provider engagement initiative to improve the clinician experience in the Medicaid program. Reports indicate that the development of...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is planning to launch a new tool to help clinicians assess the potential impact of Merit Based Incentive Program (MIPS) on their...
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...
ONC recently announced the Phase 1 winners of their Consumer Health Data Aggregator challenge. The objective of the app challenge was to make it easier for both patients and...
CMS recently published a data showing how their yet to release Star Rating system will rate a hospital based on properties such as status and size. The agency is...
The merger between the two major insurance companies, Aetna and Humana, face new challenges. Despite that, CEOs of the two companies remain confident that the merger will be completed...
A recent study claims that better trained physicians can improve the quality of care provided to transgender youths. As per the researchers, many pediatricians in the country do not...
The current outlook for healthcare reimbursement is commonly regarded as tricky. These days, insurance companies and other payers follow an increasingly complex system, which confuses providers through convoluted rules,...
For eligible providers who fail to meet the criteria specified for satisfactory reporting or participation in the 2016 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), the one thing they can look...
With more and more government funding flowing into healthcare, pressure on providers to optimize their operations has been building heavily. The latter is aimed at making the best...
The legislative session on the final day passed a proposed bill that was intended to safeguard consumers from ‘surprise’ medical bills from the healthcare providers out of their insurer’s...
CMS has taken the steps to clarify revalidation process of healthcare providers who have registered in the Medicare program. According to sources privy to the organization, CMS is very...
The recent decision by CMS to initiate new steps in strengthening provider environment screening is receiving good appreciation from the healthcare industry. CMS announced its decision through a blog...
What sets big companies such as the likes of Coca-Cola, IBM, and Macy’s together, despite the fact that they serve different industries? The one new thing they have in...
Towards the end of January, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) let out their annual report on Budget and Economic Outlook. CBO is a congressional agency of non-partisan nature, which...
The 2016 open enrollment period for health insurance plans sold in HIEs has officially ended. With this over now, information is starting to flow in towards the third open...
CMS announced towards the end of last month that they have created a new online system, which allows submitting applications for hardship exemption for the Meaningful Use Incentive Program...