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Nearly 8.7 million people selected a 2016 health plan between Nov. 1 and Jan. 9 in the 38 states using HealthCare.gov for open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported today. The total includes more than 74,000 people who signed…
Post-acute care (PAC) providers play an essential role in new care delivery models, but relief from burdensome regulations is needed so they can continue innovations that bring value to patients, a panel of PAC leaders told congressional staff Jan. 13 at an AHA-sponsored briefing on Capitol Hill.…
The National Academy of Medicine today released a conceptual framework for how social risk factors may influence health care use, outcomes and costs in Medicare payment and quality programs.
The AHA today recommended several changes to the Federal Communications Commission’s Healthcare Connect Fund to enhance participation and access to broadband for rural health care services. Specifically, AHA recommends that the FCC increase the HCF discount percentage from 65% to 85%; allow…
About 15 state attorneys general have joined the federal Justice Department's probe of the proposed mergers of Aetna and Humana and Anthem and Cigna, according to a news report by Reuters. Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts and Tennessee are reportedly among the states that have joined…
The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and a coalition of national and state consumer organizations and unions have raised concerns about the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers and health insurance consolidation in general.
The National Academy of Medicine’s “Vital Signs” report offers “a promising roadmap for developing a more rational measurement system,” Rich Umbdenstock, AHA past president and CEO, says in a Health Affairs Blog post contributed to by five health care leaders…
Nick Turkal, M.D., president and CEO of Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, is 2016 chairman of the AHA's Constituency Section for Health Care Systems. Turkal also has served as Aurora’s chief medical officer and metro region president, and before that was vice president for academic affairs and…
The AHA today urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to withdraw its draft recommendation to reduce Part B drug payment rates to hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. “This recommendation is outside of the scope of MedPAC’s mission, lacks a clear purpose and penalizes…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced 121 new Medicare Accountable Care Organization participants, including 21 that will begin participating this year in a new Next Generation ACO model.