Obamacare Hits a Pothole

NY Times - Opinion Page- Paul Krugman OCT. 28, 2016 For advocates of health reform, the story of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, has been a wild roller-coaster ride. First…

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President Floats Obamacare Fixes and Offers to Let GOP Rename It

NBC NEWS by JON SCHUPPE-OCT 20 2016, 5:10 PM ET President Obama on Thursday proposed a new round of tax credits and a government-run insurance plan for his healthcare reform…

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Obamacare Enrollment to See ‘Significant Slowdown’ Next Year

by Katherine Doherty Bloomberg News October 13, 2016 — 7:05 AM PDT Updated on October 13, 2016 — 8:55 AM PDT Enrollment in the Obamacare insurance marketplace is likely to…

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Dems use ObamaCare crisis to revive ‘public option’ push

By Barnini Chakraborty Published September 07, 2016 FoxNews.com President Obama and his Democratic allies are seizing on the exodus of private insurers from ObamaCare markets to renew their push for…

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The government just announced some big changes to try to fix Obamacare

Business Insider-Bob Bryan -August 29,2016 The government is offering some ideas to try to fix the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare law known as Obamacare, amid a series of missteps…

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Medicaid estimate renews cost concerns over Obamacare

Tribune news services Contact Reporter- August 12,2016 - 8:55 am The cost of expanding Medicaid to millions more low-income people is increasing faster than expected, the government says, raising questions…

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ICD-10 conversion had minimal impact on hospitals’ denial rates, report finds

Written by Kelly Gooch | June 29, 2016 After three delays and much industry opposition, the United States' healthcare industry transitioned Oct. 1, 2015, to ICD-10, increasing the number of…

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ICD-10’s Impact to the Worker’s Compensation Industry

Written by Sherry Wilson and Tina Greene | Monday, 28 March 2016 04:00 A general assumption had been that states would be aligning their worker’s compensation regulations with the rest…

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Will the ICD-10 transition continue smoothly once CMS demands more specificity?

February 22, 2016 | Carl Natale, Editor, ICD10Watch It's only a guess, but the ICD-10 transition doesn't look like it is taking down the U.S. healthcare system. So far, there…

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ICD-10: So Far, So Good

Five key measurements for monitoring current trends By Mike Denison, senior director, regulatory compliance programs, Change Healthcare Posted on: January 11, 2016 After much planning and anticipation, the October 1, 2015,…

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