President Donald Trump nominated former Indianapolis-based Anthem lobbyist Makan Delrahim, JD, to head the Department of Justice's antitrust division, Healthcare Dive reports.
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Miami-based CareCloud launched a guarantee program promising to help medical practice clients avoid penalties associated with CMS' Merit-based Incentive Payment System.
The entire healthcare industry is speculating on next steps following Republicans' decision to pull the American Health Care Act, and payers are no exception. The Wall Street Journal reports many payers are considering leaving the ACA exchanges in the wake…
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 236-175 to advance the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017 to the U.S. Senate, HealthPayerIntelligence reports.
United to Protect Democracy, a Washington, D.C.-based, watchdog group, is seeking an investigation into the White House's possible role in the Justice Department's decision to block Indianapolis-based Anthem's and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna's merger, the Hartford Courant reports.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., told state residents he planned to introduce a single-payer healthcare bill in Congress in a mere couple of weeks, according to VPR.
Medical Economics provides physicians key ways to fight payer denials, as almost 75 percent of physicians report frequent denials as an ongoing issue they face.
Various healthcare companies' stock fared well while others swung the opposite direction after legislators opted to withdraw the American Health Care Act on March 24, 2017, CNBC reports.
There are an average of 3.9 insurers on the HealthCare.gov marketplaces per state, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Republican lawmakers pulled the American Health Care Act after GOP leaders estimated the bill lacked support to advance through the House on March 24, 2017, Politico reports.