By Steven Ross Johnson | September 07, 2013
| Print Magazine
Some states are emulating Oregon, and others are following somewhat different paths to control Medicaid costs and improve quality of care for their low-income residents. Some are focusing first on payment and... FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson | September 07, 2013
| Print Magazine
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 »
To increase consumer use of cost and quality comparison tools, payers increasingly are turning to physicians and other providers, who long have resisted public release of comparative data. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | August 31, 2013
| Print Magazine
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 »
By Rachel Landen | August 31, 2013
| Print Magazine
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 »
Republican congressional leaders, in a fresh strategy after repeatedly failing to dismantle the healthcare law, are leaning toward an effort to postpone it rather than choke off funding. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | August 24, 2013
| Print Magazine
Hospitals in states forgoing the healthcare reform law's Medicaid expansion share the common challenge of caring for the uninsured without the billions in federal funds that about half of the states will start to receive next year under the expansion. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | August 24, 2013
| Print Magazine
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 »
By Jonathan Block | August 24, 2013
| Print Magazine
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 »
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