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HHS and the U.S. Justice Department have partnered with about a half-dozen health insurers to help prevent fraud and abuse in healthcare billing.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the healthcare reform law sets up a tight window for industry players to shape the law and their operations ahead of major provisions rolling out in the coming months and years. They'll work under the cloud of states threatening to opt out of Medicaid coverage...
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Declaring it was not his job to protect Americans from the consequences of their political choices, Chief Justice John Roberts voted to uphold most of the healthcare reform law.
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With the legal questions regarding healthcare reform settled, job No. 1 must be tackling the very serious affordability issues ahead.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Act, largely upholding the 2010 healthcare reform law. In light of the decision, what are key issues for America's physicians and hospitals? What about the impact on payers and employers? And most of...
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As the dust settled on last week's live arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, even experts who supported the healthcare reform law said the question for the justices seemed to become not whether to invalidate parts of the law, but how much of it.
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Later this year, health plans will be required for the first time to provide consumers with nationally standardized descriptions of the benefits and coverage they provide. The industry’s largest trade group said it will be no easy task.
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HHS issued final regulations requiring insurance plans to spend minimum percentages of premium dollars on paying for healthcare services this year or refund the difference to their customers next year.
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More than 2,400 people have signed an open letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius protesting the Institute of Medicine's recommendations for defining “essential benefits.”
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For all its complexities, the Institute of Medicine's report to HHS on essential health benefits last week is based on a simple premise: Find what works already and improve on it over time.
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