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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.

Trump Officials Broaden Attack on Health Law, Arguing Courts Should Reject All of It

The Trump administration broadened its attack on the Affordable Care Act on Monday, telling a federal appeals court that it now believed the entire law should be invalidated.

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House Democrats to Unveil Plan to Expand Health Coverage

Democrats won control of the House in large part on the strength of their argument that Congress needs to protect people with pre-existing medical conditions and to lower the cost of health care.

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Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance. ‘There’s No Precedent in American History.’

Unlike Obamacare, emerging plans would sweep away the private health insurance system. What would that mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?

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House Dems to Hold Hearing on Preventing Surprise Medical Bills

House Democrats will hold a hearing on protecting patients from surprise medical bills next week, according to a congressional aide. 

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California Revives Bill to Cap Dialysis Pay

The California Legislature has revived an insurer-backed bill to cap dialysis pay at Medicare rates if industry-backed third parties have helped a patient pay for the insurance to fund treatment and don't give certain disclosures.

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FDA Chief Calls For Stricter Scrutiny Of Electronic Health Records

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Wednesday called for tighter scrutiny of electronic health records systems, which have prompted thousands of reports of patient injuries and other safety problems over the past decade.

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Price Of A Brace Brings Soccer Player To His Knees

Last October, Esteban Serrano wrenched his knee badly during his weekly soccer game with friends.

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Bill to Curb Nevadans’ Out-of-Network Medical Costs Gutted

A bill that would have required insurance companies to pay for out-of-network care for Nevadans living more than 25 miles from an in-network provider was gutted Wednesday after the sponsor described it as unworkable as written.

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Report Examines Americans ‘Priced Out’ of Health Insurance

A Las Vegas couple in their early 60s making $65,800 a year can receive nearly $1,200 in monthly subsidies from the federal government to buy health insurance.

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Costly Confusion: Medicare’s Wellness Visit Isn’t The Same As An Annual Physical

When Beverly Dunn called her new primary care doctor’s office last November to schedule an annual checkup, she assumed her Medicare coverage would pick up most of the tab.

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