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Kansas and Oklahoma are the seventh and eighth states to get the thumbs down from the federal government on their requests to phase in new regulations that could result in health insurance rebates to consumers.
Whistleblowers allege that AseraCare improperly channeled people to gain maximum Medicare reimbursements. In a separate suit, federal attorneys say the company pressured employees to enroll patients in hospice who weren’t dying.
KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about what a divided Congress will face when it returns to Washington this month and begins dealing with fixing how Medicare pays doctors. A conference committee has until the end of February to fix the so-called “Sustainable Growth Rate” or doctors face a big pay cut.
Martha Norris, 62, depends on Napa Valley Adult Day Services in Napa, Calif. The program and others like it throughout the state have narrowly escaped elimination due to state budget cuts.
Some companies are also penalizing employees who don’t give up cigarettes by hitting them with higher health insurance premiums.
The ‘Insurance Capital’ bucks the nationwide trend of states turning to private managed care plans.
Hospitals are usually eager to embrace the latest medical technology, but the road to deploying tablet computers has been bumpy.
A growing number of hospitals in Massachusetts are saying no to elective inductions and C-sections before 39 weeks. The change is happening quietly and some new mothers don’t like it.
