After the Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana antitrust case concluded yesterday, the two companies agreed to extend the end date of the merger agreement past the expected date of the judge's decision, Reuters reports.
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A study in the American Journal of Medical Quality examined if hospital size affected CMS' value-based penalties.
Despite news swirling about an ACA repeal, nearly 6.4 million Americans purchased coverage under the ACA, according to The New York Times.
CMS released a new Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice to educate Medicare beneficiaries on outpatient status and what it means to cost-sharing requirements and skilled nursing facility eligibility, The National Law Review reports.
New York-based health insurance and analytical startup Zipari has secured $7 million in Series A funding.
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CMS will penalize several clinicians in 2017 for not complying with meaningful use requirements demonstrating EHR use in 2015, according to a Medscape report.
Fewer Americans have forgone medical care out of cost concerns under the ACA, a Commonwealth Fund report found, according to Los Angeles Times.
The antitrust trial over the proposed Aetna and Humana deal is coming to a close, with both parties' attorneys reaffirming their claims for and against the deal, according to Hartford Courant.
Here are three legislative changes impacting ASCs.
CMS created a Medicare-Medicaid ACO model to improve the quality of care and lower costs to the programs' beneficiaries.