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Medicaid & Medicare

CMS Publishes FAQ on Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor Program

According to new guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors will not replace existing Medicaid program integrity contractors under [...]

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ACA 101: Vocabulary Primer

What is cost sharing and how will it change under health reform? What are health insurance exchanges and how will they affect me? How will [...]

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HHS Awards Bonuses to States for Enrollment of Children in Health Coverage

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $296 million to states for ensuring more children have health coverage. The performance bonus [...]

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Five Health Policy Battles and Trends to Watch in 2012

1. Medicare Physician Pay Fix: In the last hours of its 2011 session, Congress enacted a short-term deal that postponed for two months a scheduled [...]

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Essential Health Benefits: What Does the New HHS Guidance Mean for Behavioral Health?

On December 16, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued an information bulletin outlining its first proposed guidance on how states and health [...]

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Rep. Ryan and Sen. Wyden Team Up on Medicare Reform Proposal

Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) today revealed their joint proposal for Medicare reform, a plan that would give beneficiaries a set [...]

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Medicare to Cover Obesity Counseling with No Cost Sharing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced this week that preventive services for obesity will now be covered by Medicare with no cost-sharing requirements [...]

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The Opening Salvo: Democrats, Republicans Issue Competing Supercommittee Plans

The federal government would achieve $3 trillion in savings, half of it from spending cuts, under a plan proposed this week by Democrats on the [...]

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CMS Approves Medicare Coverage of Depression and Alcohol Screening in Primary Care

On October 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced two new preventive benefits for Medicare beneficiaries: annual screening for depression as well as [...]

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Institute of Medicine Releases Essential Benefits Package Report

On Friday, October 7, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its highly anticipated report outlining the criteria and process by which the Department of Health [...]

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