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insurance
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Find out if a ‘deductible’ is really a deductible
One of the “simple” aspects of health insurance is – naturally – not always so simple. There’s been a lot…
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CMS withdraws contentious parts of proposal to change prescription drug program
Perhaps the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) learned a lesson over the past few weeks when it…
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Looking at the people behind the Kentucky insurance numbers
Kentucky has gotten a lot of attention for the largely unexpected success of its health insurance exchange. The Washington Post’s…
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Medicare Advantage proposal outlines strategies to promote value-based insurance and patient engagement
Buried deep in a proposal from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week was a proposal…
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House committee grills CMS executive on proposal to revise Medicare drug plan
A plan from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to eliminate protections for certain classes of drugs ran…
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Seeking to contain costs for six protected drug classes, CMS faces wide opposition
Patient care advocates, drug companies, and both Republicans and Democrats are arguing against a proposal from the federal Centers for…
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A deeper look at the employer mandate and the work week
The employer mandate was pushed back for 2014 and is being phased in more gradually in 2015-16. What portion of…
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Movement away from fee-for-service reimbursements has begun
Among health plan executives, there’s a lot of talk about moving from volume to value. But identifying what this expression…
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Judge cites journalists’ work among reasons to unseal pricing data
Two rulings in one week in a case involving an Idaho hospital’s purchase of a physician group gave health care…
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Blame game: Obamacare becomes scapegoat for all that’s wrong with health care
Blame it on Obamacare. That’s what you hear, over and over again. Anything in the health care system that someone…