ACOs Multiply As Medicare Announces 27 New Ones
A key provision of the health law supports the creation of organizations intended to improve quality of care and to restrain rising costs.
Christian Torres
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Delayed Release Of Student Health Plan Rule Scrambles Financial Aid Calculations
This long-awaited regulation -- designed to boost benefits offered by student health insurance plans -- could affect plan costs and, in some instances, the cost of attending college.
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Alzheimer’s Research Gets Funding Boost
While the bulk of the administration’s investment will go toward research, $26 million — also being requested in the FY 2013 budget — would support care and outreach to people with the disease and their caregivers. A committee of experts is currently developing the particulars of a national plan to address Alzheimer’s, which is expected […]
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Health Law Is A Family Affair For CMS’ Tavenner
Tavenner will likely make some of the same arguments for the law and CMS initiatives when – or if – she encounters a grilling at her yet-to-be scheduled Senate confirmation hearing. She took over the agency’s top job after previous chief Donald Berwick, a recess appointee whose nomination never went through the confirmation process, stepped down in December. Tavenner made a […]
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The KHN Conversation: ‘Innovation’ Advisors On Achieving CMS’ Triple Aim
In advance of their first Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services meeting next week, four of the newly named innovation advisors talked with KHN's Christian Torres.
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