Kathleen Sebelius news and information

Two of President Barack Obama's top lieutenants offered the nation's state legislators reserved-but-clear denunciations of Republican opposition they say hurts the middle class.
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the Obama administration is open to talks with Texas about expanded healthcare for the poor.
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Healthcare information technology leaders today hailed the efforts of Dr. Farzad Mostashari, who announced he will step down this fall as head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS, where he's had a big hand in guiding federal health IT policy for the...
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Health insurance exchanges in every state are set to go live in 18 weeks, and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius promises that open enrollment will begin as scheduled.
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“I bet you more people could tell you the name of the new prince of England than could tell you that the health market opens Oct. 1.”—HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
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While state-run health insurance exchanges have reported that premiums for 2014 health plans generally will be lower than for comparable 2013 products, congressional Republicans and others have questioned whether that will hold true for exchanges in the 35 states where the federal government will...
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President Barack Obama last week touted an HHS report that found 2014 premiums for individual-market health plans in state-run insurance exchanges will be lower than those for comparable, currently available plans. But that HHS report didn't address rates in the federally run exchanges in 34...
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The Obama administration is conducting targeted audits of hospitals to find possible upcoding of medical services related to use of electronic health records.
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Obamacare critics have warned of a potential surge in improper federal subsidies due to the administration's recently announced delay in federal verification of income and lack of employer coverage to qualify for insurance subsidies on the state exchanges. A Wall Street Journal editorial called it...
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CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner on Tuesday issued what she called a “reality check” in the form of a blog post titled “Myth vs. Fact: Health Insurance Marketplace on Track.”
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