Category: CMS

Commentators assess the health law and its implementation. …read more    

Tubal ligation – commonly referred to as having one’s “tubes tied” – is widely used to prevent unintended pregnancies. However, current Medicaid policies create roadblocks for low-income women trying to obtain the procedure, according to a review written by researchers at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and other U.S. institutions. …read more    

The state’s Senate Finance Committee proposed using funding set aside to pursue an expansion of the traditional Medicaid program to help as many as 400,000 state residents buy private insurance. …read more    

The agreement would add $8 billion to help the state reconfigure the state’s health insurance program for low-income residents and aid some struggling hospitals. …read more    

The letter from the Republican leadership team is a sign the GOP will seize on the cuts and blame the administration, betting the issue will help the party in the midterm elections. …read more    

Technology will be essential to post-acute care facilities as they deal with changing Medicare reimbursement rates, more Medicaid patients and other newly-covered patients from insurance exchanges,… read more …read more    

Three blog posts and a column should probably suffice to cover the debate over Obamacare and work incentives, but I don’t want to let the topic drop without first stepping back and talking about the actual health policy disagreement here. …read more    

News outlets examined how Medicaid costs may be affected by the ACA, and the dilemma the law poses for some IRS rules. …read more    

A selection of health policy stories from California, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Connecticut. …read more    

After years of trying, Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., says he is optimistic that Congress will change the Medicare policy that has left thousands of patients without coverage for nursing home care after leaving the hospital. …read more