Join, Follow & Connect
Join Modern Healthcare's LinkedIn group Follow Modern Healthcare on Twitter Join Modern Healthcare's Facebook group Follow Modern Healthcare's Pinterest board Modern Healthcare's Flickr page Modern Healthcare's YouTube Channel Get a Modern Healthcare news feed
 
Modern Healthcare News
 
RSS feed

Government Affairs Featured Content news and information

Magazine
Hit by delays | Rollout of exchanges marked by glitches
By Jaimy Lee | September 28, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Just as President Barack Obama predicted, the rollout of the new state insurance exchanges is turning out to be bumpy on the eve of their opening.
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Magazine
Sparking controversy | Rise in e-cigarette use has public health experts questioning their safety, effectiveness as harm-reduction device
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The rise of electronic cigarettes has triggered a sharp debate over whether the devices can play a role in helping the nation's estimated 44 million adult smokers kick their habit.
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Magazine
'It's long overdue' | Home-care agencies cheer, jeer rule as change nears
By Ashok Selvam | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Now that the Obama administration has delivered its long-awaited rule making home-care aides eligible for overtime pay and the federal minimum wage, employers who send out the aides must weigh the impact of a more even playing field.
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Magazine
Counting the uncovered
September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
New numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau last week are a reminder of the challenge ahead as the Obama administration works to realize the healthcare reform law's vision of significantly reducing the ranks of Americans without health insurance.
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Magazine
Inside Oregon's Medicaid lab | A year into Oregon's Medicaid experiment, everyone is watching to see if accountable care can curb Medicaid costs
By Joe Rojas-Burke | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
On a recent Wednesday morning, a hospital in Portland, Ore., paged Dr. Christina Milano, a family physician, to notify her that one of her patients was in the emergency room. Within a half-hour, another hospital called when the same patient showed up in its ER.
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 


Advertisement | View Media Kit

Magazine
Good, but not perfect | RAC program detects too little fraud: OIG report
By Joe Carlson | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The hospital industry says Medicare's retrospective program of auditing hospital bills challenges too many claims that later turn out to be justified. But a report by HHS' Office of the Inspector General found that the Medicare recovery audit program is more accurate than hospital lobbyists...
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Magazine
In Michigan's wake | After long battle, expansion spotlight shifts
By Jessica Zigmond | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Tina Grant said she thought lobbying for expanding Medicaid in Republican-led Michigan would be like running a marathon. Instead, it turned out to be more like a triathlon.
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Magazine
Selling health exchanges | States launch ad campaigns to promote online marketplaces
By Rachel Landen | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The 17 states running their own health insurance exchanges are taking widely different approaches to advertising the new online marketplaces to the public.
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Magazine
Working to keep reform on track | A changing industry poses challenges for healthcare leaders across all sectors
By Andis Robeznieks | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Now really, who else could it be? Is anyone else other than Kathleeen Sebelius managing a $941 billion budget and tasked with moving the massive reform law from paper to reality?
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Magazine
The case of the disappearing subsidies | Lower-than-expected premiums push down ACA subsidies in some states
By Jonathan Block | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The emergence of unexpectedly low-cost health plans in some state insurance exchanges means that federal subsidies to exchange subscribers earning less than 400% of the poverty level will be lower than expected in some states.
FULL STORY »
Share    Comment
 

Search ModernHealthcare.com:



Daily Dose MH Alert MH AM HITS Modern Physician Most Requested

LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Flickr News Feeds Google Plus Page - Publisher

 

Switch to the new Modern Healthcare Daily News app

For the best experience of ModernHealthcare.com on your iPad, switch to the new Modern Healthcare app — it's optimized for your device but there is no need to download.