President Barack Obama's administration has taken action against duplicate healthcare coverage by which Medicaid enrollees simultaneously receive federal subsidies to help pay for private health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, The New York Times reported.
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The Iowa Department of Human Services has waived any possible sanctions against three commercial insurance companies responsible for taking over the state's privatized Medicaid program, reports South West Iowa News.
CMS has rolled back its efforts to improve transparency into health plans' provider networks in 2017.
Durham-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina faced a computer outage Thursday that affected customer service and claims processing systems, ABC11 reported.
CMS is considering new rules to stop healthcare providers who are seeking higher reimbursements from steering patients toward Affordable Care Act individual health plans over Medicare or Medicaid.
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At least five health insurance co-ops have sued the federal government since June over issues regarding the Affordable Care Act's risk adjustment program.
Aetna's decision to leave 11 of its 15 Affordable Care Act state exchanges placed a sense of urgency on HHS to bring in more insurers to fill the gaps, Politico reported.
About three-fourths of California residents who were uninsured prior to the Affordable Care Act's 2014 enactment now have health insurance and say their health needs are being met, a Kaiser Family Foundation survey found.
Amid an $85 million Medicaid deficit, Alabama lawmakers moved to allocate part of the state's BP oil spill settlement to address the problem, the Birmingham Business Journal reported.
Seventy-five percent of small employers renew their health plans in the fourth quarter, meaning insurers like Blue Shield of California face the bulk of their work later in the year.