Which benefits might Republicans cut in revision of Affordable Care Act?
Maternity coverage is a popular target and one often mentioned by health law critics, but other items also could be watered down or eliminated.
Maternity coverage is a popular target and one often mentioned by health law critics, but other items also could be watered down or eliminated.
Not all insurers embrace widespread sale of short-term plans.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Approximately three-quarters of healthcare and hospital systems ask for payment at the time services are provided, estimated Richard Gundling, a senior vice president at the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
“Right now the off-exchange market is kind of the Wild West in terms of how consumers know what’s available,” said Katherine Hempstead, who directs the health insurance research work for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The new tool will designate marketplace health plan networks as “basic,” “standard” or “broad” based on how they compare with other health plan networks in a county.
A report shows that the majority of hospitals fail to provide enough staff for palliative care programs to meet national guidelines.
HSA-plan deductible coverage restrictions can be a sticking point when employers and insurers consider what plans to offer. Legislation under review is attempting to change that.
Should women be advised by a certified genetic counselor before they get genetic testing for breast cancer? Some insurers are starting to insist on it.
Aiming to make picking a plan easier, the federal government, which runs the marketplaces in roughly two-thirds of states, is encouraging insurers to offer “simple choice plans” as an option this fall.
The most common hospital-related reasons had to do with how patients are assessed, postoperative complications or hospital-acquired conditions.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Eyeing fast-growing urban and suburban markets where demand for healthcare services is outstripping supply, some healthcare systems are opening tiny, full-service hospitals with comprehensive emergency services but often fewer than a dozen inpatient beds.
“There’s no common definition for when someone is too sick to transplant,” said Natasha Dolgin, an M.D./Ph.D. candidate at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the study’s lead author.
The decision spurred some health policy analysts and health law critics to question whether other insurers would follow suit. Part of that reasoning had to do with the health law’s risk adjustment program.
"The leaders of the quality movement’s version of quality improvement developed out of industrial engineering, so they're always comparing the care of patients to...the production of cars or the flying of airplanes," Dr. Abraham Nussbaum said. People are far more varied than that.
The study offers a preview of the potential impact of raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67 from the current 65,