As per the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin applying a value-based payment program under the physician fee schedule within the year in...
Primary care providers confirm mixed opinions regarding healthcare changes to healthcare delivery and payment within the primary care practice environment, states a new survey from the Commonwealth Fund...
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), community health centers have seen tremendous growth, receiving funding to expand their services and healthcare sites to provide help to more individuals who may...
Can the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be considered a success? According to data analysis published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, the answer is a hearty yes.
Although the time prior...
Under the establishment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of people have enrolled in new health insurance plans via the health insurance marketplace. When signing up for these new plans,...
Medicare and the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) financial future is perhaps nothing more than a cyclone of ever-evolving opinions. A recent RevCycleIntelligence.com article, Will Medicare Part D...
Healthcare spending is expected to climb to enormous heights by 2024, according to a recent news release by the Citizen’s Council for Health Freedom (CCHF). According to Twila Brase, R.N and...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be growing in popularity amongst healthcare professionals, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Association for Physician Leadership (AALP) and...
Is the Affordable Care Act (ACA) living up to its full potential or is it more a matter of all healthcare hands on deck? In past interviews with RevCycleIntelligence.com, healthcare experts and...
After 50 years as laws, Medicare and Medicaid have seen several triumphs and challenges, making their marks on American healthcare from expanding low-income coverage to raising serious questions about...
As Medicare – established along with Medicaid on July 30, 1965 – formally hits its 5-decade anniversary this week, the healthcare industry turns over a new financial leaf upon...
In response to the proposed regulations of Medicaid managed care, the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) submitted a list of comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Covered California – which encompasses almost 13 percent of all Marketplace enrollees paying for nationwide coverage – announced yesterday a “modest” anticipated 4 percent...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the most monumental breakthrough for women’s health within the last quarter century, according to a press release from Debra L. Ness, President of the National...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its “milestone” 2013 Medicaid Expenditures for Long-Term Services and Supports Report. According to the Center for...
Medicaid expansion may be the key to cutting state spending. The governor of Alaska, Bill Walker, recently notified a state committee that he plans to accept both federal and Mental Health Trust Fund...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is focused on helping Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and loved ones acquire the right type of healthcare. This week, CMS announced...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the first star ratings for Home Health Agencies on Medicare.gov. As the significance of a rating system is essential to the lives of...
The federal Health Insurance Marketplace (Marketplace) desperately needs to tighten up its security measures, confirms a new report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). In an undercover...
In an ongoing effort to advance the quality of economically profitable healthcare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) looks again to the promotion of care quality. CMS’s new...
