In an Affordable Care Act lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer of the District ruled various ACA payments have been funded illegally, according to the Washington Post.
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Four major health insurance players — Aetna, Anthem, Cigna and Humana — have collectively spent more than $400 million on legal and banking services, according to Business Insurance.
CMS officials discussed family physicians' questions about the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, according to American Academy of Family Physicians.
In 1970, Drs. Wallace Reed and John Ford opened the nation’s first ambulatory surgery center in Phoenix — the culmination of years of clamoring by providers, public officials and patients for a lower-cost, high-quality alternative to expensive hospital stays for…
A UC San Francisco analysis found when smoking decreases, healthcare costs follow suit.
Boston-based Harvard Medical School researchers found telemedicine use among Medicare beneficiaries has increased, according to Science Daily.
America's Health Insurance Plans details several factors that may drive premium rates up or down in 2017.
House Republicans are claiming Andy Slavitt, CMS acting administrator, mislead Congress when he said states returned more than $200 million for ACA marketplace funds to the federal government, according to The Hill.
Medicaid managed care plans are unable to screen eligible providers due to fragmented databases, based on a U.S. Government Accountability Office report, according to McKnight's.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supports Medicare expansion, according to The Hill.
