Compliance
This section focuses on health care compliance and regulations – both national and state – including the ACA. It includes changes in health care law, regulation, and court decisions and their impact on health insurance professionals, employers, and individuals.
Healthcare providers, insurers and their business associates reported 38 breaches affecting nearly 446,000 patients to the federal government last month.
Tom Peeling wanted his teeth cleaned and wasn’t going to let the coronavirus pandemic get in the way.
The company said a test in 8 healthy volunteers found its experimental vaccine was safe and provoked a strong immune response. It is on an accelerated timetable to begin larger human trials soon.
When it comes to keeping Wilmington Health afloat, every option is on the table. CEO Jeff James said he might eventually need to sell the North Carolina multispecialty practice’s properties and lease them back. Worst-case scenario: He might eventually need to sell the practice.
Even after the immediate emergency of the current COVID-19 pandemic passes, the healthcare industry won't return to business as usual, experts say.
The insurer group says precertification and preauthorization programs can improve the quality of care.
A new survey found that a majority of consumers are expected to spend less on healthcare visits or prescription drugs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Provider and payer groups told the Supreme Court that invalidating the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would completely wreck a healthcare system already under stress by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health insurers fled the Affordable Care Act in the early years of the law, fearing that losses from covering too many sick people would eat away at their profits.
New research is raising more questions about tests used around the U.S. to diagnose Covid-19 patients, with some of the tests producing a surprisingly high rate of false negatives that incorrectly show a person isn’t infected.