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  • Industry, Consumers Groups Issue Price Transparency Blueprint

    Apr. 16—Guidance to help both the healthcare industry improve its price transparency efforts and patients to access needed price data were included in a report and consumers' guide issued Wednesday by major healthcare advocacy organizations and consumer groups.

  • New Fire Safety Rules Proposed

    Apr. 15—Hospitals and other healthcare providers would have new fire safety requirements under a proposed rule issued Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

  • CBO: Employer Insurance to Drop, Medicaid to Increase

    Apr. 14—Falling incomes will increase Medicaid enrollments by nearly 1 million beneficiaries annually over the coming decade, while employer-provided coverage will decline by about the same amount, according to updated projections by the Congressional Budget Office.

  • Sebelius Resigns from HHS

    Apr. 11—U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has decided to resign, according to published reports. The Obama administration planned to replace her with Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.

  • Study: Non-Hospital Factors Drive Readmissions Variation

    Apr. 10—Most variation in hospital readmission rates is driven by characteristics of the county in which the readmission occurred, according to a new study.

  • Medicare Physician Payment Data Released

    The Obama administration released data on Medicare payments in 2012 to more than 880,000 physicians Wednesday, drawing concerns from provider groups.

  • Report: Early Marketplace Sign-Ups Sicker

    Apr. 9—Early enrollees in new government-run marketplaces appeared sicker than most insured, based on their medical claims data, a study found.

  • CMS Reverses Cut to MA Plans—Again

    Apr. 8—Medicare Advantage plans would receive an increase next year instead of a cut proposed in February under final rates released Monday by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

  • Fitch: ICD-10 Delay a Credit Positive for Hospitals

    Apr. 8—The one-year extension of the deadline for hospitals and insurers to transition to ICD-10 was a positive credit development for not-for-profit hospitals, according to a new analysis from Fitch Ratings.  

  • Study: One-Third of Prescriptions Unfilled

    Apr. 8—The ongoing challenge of medication nonadherence was underscored by recent that found 31 percent of patients did not even fill their prescriptions.

  • Uninsured Rate Drops to 2008 Level

    Apr. 7—The rate of uninsured people nationally dropped to 15 percent in March and reached its lowest level since 2008, according to Gallup.

  • Hospital Employment Rebounds

    Apr. 4—The healthcare sector added 19,000 jobs in March, in part due to 4,000 positions added by hospitals.

  • Extended Marketplace Enrollment Ends April 15

    Apr. 3—The Obama administration has given people who self-attest that they were waiting in line at the end of open enrollment until April 15 to sign up for coverage that could boost enrollments past 7.1 million.

  • Medicaid Expansions Increase Amid New Fights

    Apr. 3—A majority of states have approved an expansion of Medicaid, even as new fault lines have appeared in the four-year-old expansion fight.

  • Washington Cuts ED Visits Through Data Sharing

    Apr. 3—Washington state hospitals reduced Medicaid emergency department (ED) visits by 10 percent after the state required them to use a data-sharing system that tracked beneficiaries' use of emergency hospital care.

  • CMS: Health Plans Must Honor Provider Requests for Electronic Transfer, Remittance

    Apr. 1—Health plans must comply with provider requests for electronic funds transfer and remittance advice as outlined under operating rules and technical standards that went into effect Jan. 1.

  • Congress Passes One-Year SGR Patch and Delays to ICD-10, 2-Midnight

    Apr. 1—A 24 percent cut in Medicare physician payments scheduled to begin Tuesday was averted for another year under legislation Congress passed over opposition from many physician advocacy groups.

  • Survey: Massachusetts’ Affordability Problems Persists

    Apr. 1—Amid the Obama administration’s celebration of marketplace enrollments that appear to have met expectations, some researchers have raised a warning flag.

  • CDC: Rate of HAIs Significantly Reduced

    Mar. 27—Hospital-acquired infections nationwide dropped 58 percent in a recent 10-year span, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  • House Passes One-Year ICD-10 Delay

    Mar. 27—Hospitals and other providers would have another year to prepare for the switch to ICD-10 under a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 27.

  • Poll: Half of the Uninsured Won’t Seek Coverage

    March. 27—Half of those who lacked coverage as of mid-March said they planned to remain uninsured, a recent poll found.

  • Report: Hospital Readmissions Decreasing

    Mar. 27—The rate of preventable hospital stays decreased about 20 percent from 2003 to 2011.

  • Exchange Enrollment Deadline Extended for Some

    Mar. 26—The Obama administration is extending open enrollment in health insurance plans sold in troubled federally operated marketplace for applicants who attest that they were unable to complete their applications.

  • Speaker: Congress to Pass One-Year SGR Patch

    Mar. 26—Congressional leaders have agreed to pass a one-year extension of current Medicare physician pay rates this week, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday.

  • ACA Grace Period Continues to Draw Concerns from Providers

    Mar. 25—Physician advocacy groups are asking the Obama administration for new rules to protect physicians from having to absorb unpaid expenses incurred by patients who let their marketplace coverage lapse.
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