Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces opened for enrollment, the importance of getting young, healthy people to sign up for coverage has been a point of concern.
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Federal officials have extended the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan through March 31, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
CMS has issued a final rule on regulations specifying how states can use federal Medicaid funds under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to pay for home and community-based services.
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, health insurer Humana has indicated it expects the extension of health plans that don't meet the reform law's requirements to result in a more adverse risk mix than expected for people getting coverage…
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing yesterday to consider how various Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program and human services payment provisions should continue in the event of a permanent Medicare sustainable growth rate repeal.
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Supplemental coverage plans that shield enrollees from cost-sharing increase drive up medical utilization and, subsequently, Medicare spending, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Texas and the University of Chicago.
Early observations from several Medicaid expansion initiatives suggests states that expand eligibility this year will see a gradual increase in enrollment, with the first enrollees in comparatively poor health, according to a Health Affairs study.
Catholic Health Initiatives, based in Englewood, Colo., is reportedly in the process of buying QualChoice, a health insurer in Little Rock, Ark., according to an Arkansas Business report.
Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., hopes to finalize the details of a new agreement with health insurer UnitedHealthcare within a couple of weeks, according to a Marin Independent Journal report.
Hospitals and health systems in the U.S. have been facing a new challenge lately: taking on risk. Many organizations are taking on risk through new contracts with payers, but others are taking risk-baring to another level: becoming a provider-sponsored health…