Trump’s new insurance rules are panned by nearly every healthcare group that submitted formal comments

Los Angeles Times - By NOAM N. LEVEY -MAY 30, 2018 | 3:00 AM | WASHINGTON More than 95% of healthcare groups that have commented on President Trump’s effort to weaken Obama-era…

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Medicare Advantage Data Could Strengthen Outcomes, Spending Research

HCA News- Jared Kaltwasser -MAY 18, 2018 CMS plans to begin releasing Medicare Advantage (MA) data to health researchers, in a move that could substantially improve the quality and robustness of…

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Trump Promises Lower Drug Prices, but Drops Populist Solutions

NY Times-  By Robert Pear May 11, 2018 WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed on Friday to “bring soaring drug prices back down to earth” by promoting competition among pharmaceutical companies, and…

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Medicare Advantage Plans Can Pay for Many LTC Services in 2019: Feds

Plans could cover adult day care, respite care and in-home support services. By Allison Bell | May 02, 2018 at 10:27 AM The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is…

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Payer Healthcare industry lambastes Trump administration’s short-term health plan proposal

Fierce Healthcare - by Mike Stankiewicz | Apr 24, 2018 1:31pm The health insurance and hospital sectors are nearly unanimous in their opposition to the Trump administration's proposal to expand short-term…

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Health Plans Simplify Doctor Credentialing To Boost Medicaid Participation

Forbes -Bruce Japsen , CONTRIBUTOR APR 2, 2018 @ 09:01 AM  Health insurance companies are streamlining credentialing of physicians who contract with Medicaid health plans in hopes of boosting doctor participation…

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Medicare Advantage Plans Cleared To Go Beyond Medical Coverage — Even Groceries

Kaiser Health News- By Susan Jaffe - APRIL 3, 2018 Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy groceries, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals may be among the new benefits added…

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Urgent Care Insurance Claims Rise Sharply, Faster than ED

Media Health Leaders- Gregory A. Freeman, March 26, 2018  Insurance claims for urgent care exploded over a nine-year period, rising much faster than claims for emergency care. Private insurance claim lines…

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Doctors advocate overhauling some Medicare billing codes

Modern Healthcare- By Virgil Dickson  | March 22, 2018 Lowering documentation standards for a commonly used set of billing codes would lead to better quality of care, doctors told the CMS during a conference…

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What merger mania means for health care

CNN Money- by Paul R. La Monica- March 8, 2018: 12:32 PM ET Get ready for another wave of massive health care deals -- and maybe this time the government will approve…

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