States Consider Limiting Patient Costs For Physical, Speech, Occupational Therapy
Advocates want curbs on what consumers pay toward physical, occupation and speech therapy visits. Insurers say that could raise premiums.
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Medicare Spotlights Hospitals With Especially Costly Patients
The new data, which include beneficiaries' bills in the hospital and for 30 days afterward, are a first step toward using bonuses and penalties to encourage more efficient care.
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Video: Making Sense Of The Supreme Court Ruling
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey, Stuart Taylor and Julie Appleby are joined by SCOTUSblog's Tom Goldstein and Lyle Denniston to break down Thursday's landmark Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the health law.
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A Tale Of Two Health Insurance Extremes
Texas has the highest rate of uninsured residents -- 25 percent -- while Massachusetts' is the lowest -- less than 2 percent. We profile two people who are living the reality of that difference.
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The IPAB: The Center Of A Political Clash Over How To Change Medicare
A panel established by the health law to rein in Medicare spending is the target of a House GOP effort to begin dismantling the 2010 health law.
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Massachusetts On Track To ‘Crack The Code’ For Health Care Cost Control
As his state's health reforms mark their sixth anniversary, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick explains how he hopes to confront the next health reform challenges -- controlling health care costs and overhauling the payment system.
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Health On The Hill: Medicare’s Payment Change For Physicians
KHN's Jordan Rau and Mary Agnes Carey discuss Medicare's transition to compensating doctors based on the quality of the medical care they provide.
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Some States Limit How Uninsured Pay For High-Risk Insurance
The states are concerned that third-party funding may drive up the number of people seeking to join the pre-existing condition insurance plans and exhaust the budgets provided by the federal government.
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Medicare Combats Fraud With Billing Statements That Beneficiaries Can Understand
New consumer-friendly statements urge seniors to report suspicious charges and make it easier to appeal denials of coverage.
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Employers Tie Financial Rewards, Penalties To Health Tests, Lifestyle Choices
Whether such programs spur long-term change is unclear, and some fear discrimination against those with chronic conditions.
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Medicare To Tie Doctors’ Pay To Quality, Cost Of Care
A little-noticed provision of the health law calls for increasing reimbursements to doctors who provide quality care at lower cost and reducing payments to physicians who run up costs without better results.
By Jordan Rau