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The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on April 14 on proposals to limit tax breaks for employers who provide healthcare for employees, according to Accounting Today.

Some payers in New York's State of Health Marketplace are offering the "Zero or Twenty Dollar Essential Plan," according to Time Warner Cable News.

A California jury ruled in favor of Aetna in a medical billing fraud case involving ambulatory surgery centers in Northern California, according to a Law 360 report.

Providers can recoup millions of dollars in lost revenue by analyzing claims denials, according to Healthcare IT News.

U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz said Boston Medical Center agreed to pay the federal government $1.1 million for Medicare and Medicaid fraud allegations, according to The Boston Globe.

The Medicare Shared Savings Program was launched in 2012 and since then participating organizations report early gains, according to a report from Harvard Medical School.

CMS' new online mapping tool, Mapping Medicare Disparities, reveals serious differences between the health outcomes of white and African American Medicare beneficiaries in Rhode Island over the past few years, according to Rhode Island Public Radio.

A recent Google report shows that a majority of patients surveyed are choosing to put off elective medical care due to high out-of-pocket costs, according to Mnet Collection News.

CMS has delayed the deadline for states to submit access monitoring review plans, according to JD Surpa Business Advisor.

American Academy of Family Physicians praised CMS' Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model, according to AAFP.