by Girish Anand | Dec 15, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS
As consumers count down to today’s enrollment deadline for Jan. 1 coverage, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that new HealthCare.gov consumer decision support features piloted earlier this enrollment season are now fully deployed...
by Girish Anand | Dec 11, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
Though critics claim the goal of 900,000 new Obamacare sign-ups by Dec. 15 was modest to begin with, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that the state and federal exchanges have already secured 1 million new enrollees. In all,...
by Girish Anand | Dec 6, 2015 | Health Care Reform, HHS, HIPAA
As part of the Obama administration’s Precision Medicine Initiative, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hopes to release by the end of the year four documents detailing consumer rights regarding their health records, according to Deven McGraw, HHS...
by admin | Nov 3, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS
Beginning today, HealthCare.gov is piloting a new beta feature that allows consumers to search plans by their preferred provider or health facility. Some consumers will be part of a pilot that allows them to use the beta Doctor Lookup feature as they compare their...
by admin | Oct 28, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
To keep premiums — and expenses — low, health insurance companies rely on what are called “narrow networks” of providers, limiting the consumer’s options. Now the Harvard School of Public Health has found that 15 percent of the 135 silver...
by admin | Sep 23, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell told a group of medical students yesterday that getting those who are still uninsured to sign up during the next open enrollment period is going to be a “bigger challenge.” Speaking at the...