By Maureen McKinney | October 15, 2013
| Basic Web
A few states running their own insurance exchanges are touting high levels of interest from young people, a demographic group widely viewed as the linchpin of the healthcare reform law's success. FULL STORY »
As the nation faced Day 1 of the government shutdown, healthcare leaders pondered the effects of the budget impasse on patients, providers, researchers and public health programs. FULL STORY »
By Maureen McKinney | October 01, 2013
| Basic Web
It was a less than smooth start for the federal government's health insurance marketplace in 36 states, as heavy traffic to its website caused delays and system issues FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | September 30, 2013
| Basic Web
Whatever HHS officials envisioned for the first day of open enrollment on the insurance exchanges, they surely didn't expect to face it with more than half of the department's employees furloughed. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | September 24, 2013
| Basic Web
A week before open enrollment begins on the health insurance exchanges, President Barack Obama promoted the benefits of the ACA in a talk Tuesday with former President Bill Clinton. FULL STORY »
Seventeen Senate Republicans are asking HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to again delay the looming implementation of more stringent criteria for the federal electronic health record incentive payment program. Their request follows a plea to providers from a leading EHR vendor to ask the government... FULL STORY »
By Jesse J. Holland and Kelli Kennedy / Associated Press | September 18, 2013
| Basic Web
The Obama administration is planning a high-level effort to reassure Americans about the privacy and security of the information submitted under the new healthcare law, hoping to blunt complaints from Republican opponents that enough isn't being done to protect consumer data. FULL STORY »
The Obama administration on Tuesday dramatically increased the number of home-care workers eligible to receive overtime and federal minimum wage pay. FULL STORY »
By Fred Schulte | September 07, 2013
| Print Magazine
Federal officials for more than a decade have let hospitals charge Medicare varying rates for certain emergency department overhead and staffing costs called “facility” fees—a controversial policy some critics believe invites overcharges. FULL STORY »
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