Health Care Reform
The Senate passed by voice vote the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act (H.R. 1418/S. 350), AHA-supported legislation that repeals the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption available to commercial health insurers for anticompetitive conduct.
By understanding the areas of new and enhanced program integrity focus required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) as well as existing program integrity initiatives, hospitals will be better able to prepare for the greater oversight of their activities that is almost…
Clinical integration can improve the quality and efficiency of our health care system; however, current legal barriers frustrate reform efforts. The nation needs laws and regulations that encourage or at least do not impede our progress in improving care and care delivery for patients.