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.
Federal health officials unveiled a new initiative Thursday aimed at improving care and cost-effectiveness in individual medical practices.
The federal government will continue to fund an optional health insurance program for the working poor in 2016 with the methodology it used for 2015, according to a proposed notice from the CMS (PDF).
On Monday, CDC issued new guidelines for how states should address travelers from the nations most affected by the Ebola outbreak, NBC News reports (Fox, NBC News, 10/27).
Now that many people finally have health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges, some are running into a new problem: They can't find a doctor who will take them as patients.
In a matter of weeks, the midterm election will determine the balance of legislative power between Democrats and Republicans.
Aiming to contain health care costs, a growing number of employers and insurers are adopting a strategy that limits how much they'll pay for certain medical services such as knee replacements, lab tests and complex imaging.
This year, the big challenge for officials behind the Affordable Care Act may not be making the website work but getting customers to come shop in the first place.
The Internal Revenue Service said that the sequestration process could have an impact on the amount that certain small tax-exempt employers receive on the refundable portion of the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit.
Insurance consultants were shocked recently to learn that Obama administration rules allow large companies to offer 2015 worker health plans that don't include hospital benefits.
The Obama administration began notifying consumers on Wednesday that they should return to the federal health insurance marketplace to renew coverage for next year.