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,...