by Girish Anand | Apr 21, 2016 | CMS, Medicaid, Medicare
Is that hospital where you just had open-heart surgery a five star or a one star? You’ll have to wait until July, at the earliest, to find out. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday delayed implementation of its hospital quality rating...
by Girish Anand | Mar 12, 2016 | CMS, Obamacare
On Dec. 31, 2015, about 8.8 million consumers had effectuated Health Insurance Marketplace coverage -– which means those individuals had paid their premiums and had an active policy at the end of December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
by Girish Anand | Mar 9, 2016 | CMS, Medicaid, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a proposed rule to test new models to improve how Medicare Part B pays for prescription drugs and supports physicians and other clinicians in delivering higher quality care. CMS values public input...
by Girish Anand | Mar 1, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS
The risk corridor/reinsurance program of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expecting collections of $7.7 billion under the program this year to compensate insurance companies that suffered losses because of high claims in 2015. The Department of Health and Human...
by Girish Anand | Feb 29, 2016 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform
After big insurers like UnitedHealthcare threatened to leave the Obamacare exchanges because of abuse of the system, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this past week that it was creating a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) Confirmation...
by Girish Anand | Jan 20, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation’s largest health insurer which last year said it might withdraw from the Obamacare insurance exchanges, this week increased projected 2016 Affordable Care Act (ACA) losses from $400 million to $500 million. Humana Inc. also...
