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CMS has released detailed Medicare inpatient hospital, outpatient hospital, and physician utilization and payment data for 2013.

The changes will be effective for the 2018 and succeeding crop years.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a letter to governors once again extending the deadline for states to decide whether to enact their own health insurance exchanges.

On March 25, 2015, the House of Representatives approved (with no Democratic votes) H.Con.Res. 27, a budget resolution providing instructions to Congressional committees on the federal spending framework for FY 2016.

At the core of King v. Burwell is the concern of whether patients will have access to affordable medical care across the country, regardless of how a state chose to implement health care exchanges.

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CMS is proceeding with the application process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program for the January 1, 2016 program start date.

The next Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) meeting is scheduled for September 10-11, 2015.

The regulations, issued by the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services, modify previous interim final regulations published in 2010 and incorporate subsequent subregulatory guidance.

CMS made $26.2 million in payments to Medicare Advantage organizations for approximately 1,600 unlawfully present beneficiaries from 2010 through 2012.

At approximately 10:00am EST this morning, the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in King v. Burwell – the highly publicized case whose final decision may "end Obamacare as we know it!"

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On October 7, 2015, President Obama signed into law H.R. 1624, which amends the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) definition of "small employer" by maintaining the definition of a small group market as 1-50 employees...

On March 11, the Florida legislature passed HB 7087 requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Health, and the Office of Insurance Regulation to collect information related to telehealth reimbursement.

The Senate has approved an amended version of a budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 3762) that would repeal key provisions of the ACA.

HHS has sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final regulatory clearance a proposed rule on Stage 3 meaningful use criteria for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs.

Under the Affordable Care Act, subsidies are available to pay insurance premiums for certain individuals "enrolled through an Exchange established by the State under §1311 of the ACA."

Most California business owners have read the headlines heralding the workers’ compensation package approved by the Legislature and signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on April 19, 2004 (SB 899, Poochigian). This reform package reduces the skyrocketing workers’ compensation costs that have hit businesses in recent years.