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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.

Health Law Insurance Plans to be Rated by Network Size

The Obama administration, responding to consumer complaints, says it will begin rating health insurance plans based on how many doctors and hospitals they include in their networks.

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Health Exchange Disputes Federal Report

Nevada's health insurance exchange disputes a federal report claiming it misallocated funds for creating its program and recommending it consider refunding $893,000 to the Centers Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Sutter Health says its new HMO is ahead of projected growth

The new health maintenance organization launched by Sutter Health in 2014 more than doubled its membership in 2015, Sutter Health Plus officials say.

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Biotech Industry Pleased Califf Finally Confirmed As FDA Commissioner

The biotechnology industry is pleased the Senate finally confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

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Health Insurance Tax Penalty Not Set In Stone

Under the Affordable Care Act, if you don't buy health insurance, you automatically face a hefty penalty, right?

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Insurer Warnings Cast Doubt On ACA Exchange Future

Political uncertainty isn't the only threat to the Affordable Care Act's future. Cracks also are spreading through a major pillar supporting the law.

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AARP: Price Hikes Doubled Average Drug Price Over 7 years

The average cost for a year's supply of a prescription drug doubled in just seven years to more than $11,000 — about three-quarters of the average annual Social Security benefit.

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Aetna CEO Answers Burwell’s Call, Vows Support For Exchanges Amid Losses

The head of Aetna Inc., the nation’s third-largest health insurer, said he supports insurance exchanges, even though he questioned their sustainability earlier this month and lost money in the marketplaces last year.

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Probe: HealthCare.gov ‘Passive’ on Heading Off Fraud

With billions in taxpayer dollars at stake, the Obama administration has taken a "passive" approach to identifying potential fraud involving the president's health care law, nonpartisan congressional investigators say in a report released Wednesday.

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Obamacare ‘Gaming’ Update: Feds, California Tighten Up On Documentation for Special Enrollments

The notion that mobs of Americans are actively plotting to cheat the Affordable Care Act by waiting until they get sick and then finding an excuse to sign up for health insurance is cherished by two groups: anti-Obamacare conservatives and insurance companies.

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