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For 2014 health plans serving the individual market, the Affordable Care Act’s risk adjustment program worked as intended to shift funds from insurers with low-cost enrollees to insurers with high-cost enrollees, according to a report released today by the American Academy of Actuaries…
The average monthly premium for people buying health insurance through HealthCare.gov rose by 8%, or $30, in 2016, according to a report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. About 85% of HealthCare.gov consumers received a premium tax credit, which reduced their…
As National Hospital Week approaches, the AHA invites member hospitals to submit mobile videos or photos highlighting the important role hospitals play in their communities.
The AHA and AMGA are offering a new fellowship to help member hospitals and health systems with employed physicians create clinically integrated medical groups to manage population health and succeed in new payment models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. The Learning…
The AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence, Institute for Diversity in Health Management and others will host a free webinar during National Minority Health Month on health equity and health care coverage.
Sixty senators today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its impact on different types of…
Sixty senators today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its impact on different types of hospitals, and…
Public and private payers can apply through June 1 to participate in a new medical home model that will build on the Comprehensive Primary Care model to help practices support patients with serious or chronic diseases, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award the Puerto Rico Department of Health $3.7 million in emergency funding from the Prevention and Public Health Fund to combat the Zika virus outbreak, the agency announced today. Noting that confirmed cases in the territory are…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated the specifications for the electronic clinical quality measures that eligible hospitals and professionals will electronically report to CMS quality reporting programs in calendar year 2017, including the Physician Quality Reporting…