Healthcare Reform news and information

Dr. Donald Berwick implored 5,000 healthcare financial professionals to improve outcomes while eliminating waste.
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Officials hoping to enroll millions more beneficiaries into Medicaid programs this fall are signaling the possibility of a slow start. Ultimately, they hope to use some past success to overcome obstacles that have long left uncovered millions of Medicaid-eligible enrollees.
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Despite the influx of millions of new Americans gaining coverage next year because of the healthcare reform law, the projected percentage cost increase to treat patients is expected to decline as consumers become savvier in how to spend healthcare dollars, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers...
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Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday signed a law expanding the state's Medicaid program to 300,000 more poor Arizonans following her victory over conservatives in her own party opposed to embracing a key part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
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The changes driven by the reform law make it crucial that providers stay on top of a growing list of compliance issues.
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Debate over quality measures among Medicare's first accountable care organizations and federal officials will likely have significance for the 220 (and growing) other accountable care efforts under Medicare, a former CMS administrator says.
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Some states that will be running their health insurance exchanges with help from the federal government are not receiving necessary information in a timely fashion, which may inhibit their ability to effectively prepare for the launch of their marketplaces, according to a study released Friday from...
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A typical 40-year-old woman in Maine going to the new state exchange to buy insurance may have just two firms to choose from while her counterpart in California will have a much wider selection.
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Hospital executives are watching to see whether the net financial gains from next year's coverage expansion under the reform law surpass losses from the law's looming reimbursement cuts.
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The California Legislature on Saturday passed a major piece of the federal Affordable Care Act, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income Californians, as it rushed to meet its deadline to complete a state budget for the coming fiscal year.
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