A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found the majority of Americans want a viable alternative before legislators work to repeal the ACA, according to Kaiser Health News.
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An Advisory Board survey showed many medical groups are still apprehensive over CMS' Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Repealing the ACA could cost an estimated $350 billion through 2027 when using conventional scoring, a Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget report found.
In 2011, federal officials thought auditing private Medicare Advantage insurance plans that were allegedly overcharging the government for medical services would reap big savings for taxpayers. However, the audits painted a different story, showing Medicare overpaid health plans a significant…
In September 2014, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published its audit of Tulare Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospital in California. In its findings, federal investigators determined the “hospital did…
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In 2017, about one-third of U.S. counties only possess one marketplace payer for individual coverage, according to Kaiser Health News.
A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found the Medicare Advantage market is highly consolidated around the United States.
Kellyanne Conway, a senior advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, told MSNBC no one with health insurance will lose their coverage if the Republican administration repeals and replaces the ACA.
Hopkins, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare is now including the FitBit Charge 2 device in the UnitedHealthcare Motion's wellness program, according to Investopedia.
JAMA published a study showing bundled payments yielded significant savings for patients undergoing joint replacement surgeries. Despite the savings, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead HHS, Rep. Tom Price, MD, has opposed the mandatory payment program, according to Kaiser Health…