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Monthly medical costs per enrollee in the Health Insurance Marketplaces fell by 0.1% between 2014 and 2015, with larger declines in states with higher-than-average enrollment growth, suggesting year-over-year improvement in the individual risk pool, according to a report released today by the…
A Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to block Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana will go to trial Dec. 5, according to news reports on a hearing before U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., who was assigned to the case. According to the reports, the judge said he…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced refinements to the design of the second year of the Medicare Advantage Valued-Based Insurance Design Model. The model, announced last year, will test whether giving MA plans flexibility to offer supplemental benefits or…
The Office of Management and Budget will accept comments on the updated Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice and instructions through Sept. 1, according to information now posted with the updated MOON. The inpatient prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year 2017, released Aug.
The Medicare Independence at Home Demonstration saved more than $10 million, or an average $1,010 per beneficiary, in its second performance year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday.
Nine in 10 large employers will make telehealth services available next year to employees in states where it is allowed, up from 70% this year, and virtually all will offer telemedicine by 2020, according to the latest annual survey by the National Business Group on Health. The Large Employers…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today announced a $4.1 million agreement with Hologic Inc. to advance the development of a blood screening test to help detect the presence of Zika in the blood supply.
Medicare Advantage plans paid about 8% less for hospital services than fee-for-service Medicare in 2009 and 2012, according to a study published yesterday by Health Affairs. About one-third of the difference was due to the narrower hospital networks in Medicare Advantage, the authors said.…
In addition to marked increases in health coverage, low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas reported improved access to care and better health two years after health insurance coverage was expanded under the Affordable Care Act, compared with similar adults in the non-expansion state of Texas,…
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) has appointed Rich Umbdenstock, AHA past president and CEO, to its Board of Directors. Also joining the board is Jeffrey Burnich, M.D., senior vice president of medical and market networks for Sacramento, CA-based Sutter Health. “The…