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After a glitch-plagued first week of enrollment on the state and federally run insurance exchanges, many observers are wondering whether more technical problems are still to come and whether consumers will keep doggedly trying to sign up for coverage.
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HHS officials were tight-lipped about the number of people who signed up for coverage on the opening day of the federal government's health insurance marketplace.
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Dr. Patrick Conway, the CMS' chief medical officer and director of the agency's Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, has been named deputy administrator for innovation and quality at the CMS.
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Just days before a controversial rule on outpatient observation care goes into effect, more than 100 members of the U.S. House have signed a letter seeking to put the brakes on the policy.
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Federally qualified health centers would receive higher Medicare reimbursements starting next year, under a proposed rule issued by the CMS.
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A trade group representing the orthotics and prosthetics industry is accusing the CMS of failing to enforce anti-fraud and abuse laws against unlicensed providers at a time when legitimate providers are coming under fire from increasingly aggressive Medicare recovery auditors.
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Medicare's much-criticized recovery audit program is far more accurate than hospital lobbyists say it is, though it's far from perfect and detects too little fraud rather than too much, according to a new report from HHS' inspector general's office.
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All beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans will now receive access to equal coverage when it comes to care in a skilled-nursing facility where their spouse lives, regardless of sexual orientation.
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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?
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Modern Healthcare recently held its fifth Top 25 Women in Healthcare gala. At the event, we had the rare opportunity to interview a number of the honorees, getting some of the industry's most important voices to weigh in on some of the most crucial healthcare issues of the day. What follows are...
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