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Providers protest rule putting them at financial risk if patients don't pay premiums
By Jonathan Block | August 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Provider groups say a CMS rule interpreting the healthcare reform law that gives consumers a grace period for unpaid health insurance premiums will put them at significant risk of delivering services for which they won't get paid.
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Calif. docs fighting legislative battles on scope of practice
By Andis Robeznieks | August 13, 2013
As healthcare reform expands coverage, nonphysician providers are seeking to expand their portfolio of licensed services and are facing intense opposition from doctors to their efforts.
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A limit on consumer costs is delayed in reform law
By New York Times | August 13, 2013
The Obama administration has delayed until 2015 a significant consumer protection in the reform law that limits how much people may have to spend on their own healthcare.
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Obamacare is forcing physicians to change
By Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) | August 13, 2013
With the main provisions of the Affordable Care Act—the most sweeping changes in the nation's healthcare system since the passage of Medicare in 1965—taking effect in just under five months, family physicians are sweating out the slow rollout of the law's regulations.
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Insurers not making the grade in California
By Modern Healthcare | August 12, 2013
Some of California’s top insurers, including Kaiser Permanente, are protesting the state’s plans to drop quality ratings from insurance listings when its exchange goes public on Oct. 1.
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Sebelius, Foxx urge action on Obama agenda
By Bill Barrow / Associated Press | August 12, 2013
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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Advocates question Ohio health 'navigators' rules
By Ann Sanner / Associated Press | August 12, 2013
An Ohio legislative panel on Monday cleared new state rules for professionals guiding people through the insurance marketplaces created by the federal healthcare law, despite concerns from some consumer groups that the regulations create confusion.
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Enroll America has doubled staff, set up operations in 10 states
By Jessica Zigmond | August 12, 2013
The not-for-profit group responsible for educating Americans about the healthcare reform law's coverage options provided a status check of its efforts on Monday, but remained vague about how much it is spending on the massive endeavor.
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Oregon delays wide access to Obamacare insurance exchange
By Reuters | August 12, 2013
The online insurance exchange that Oregon established under the healthcare law will not allow residents to sign up for coverage on their own when enrollment begins nationwide on Oct. 1.
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N.C. Blues latest to set up shops touting info on insurance exchanges
By Associated Press | August 11, 2013
In Morrisville, N.C., just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office, North Carolina's largest health insurer opened its first retail store.
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