Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies. 

Xerox Medicaid Management Information System Receives Federal Certification

 Xerox’s (NYSE: XRX) Health Enterprise platform, a next-generation Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), has received full federal certification in New Hampshire. 

June 30, 2015

New Release of 3M ICD-10 Code Translation Tool Includes CPT®/HCPCS Codes

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—June 3, 2015—To help hospital organizations and physician practices convert systems, reports and records into the language of ICD-10, 3M has released a new version of the 3M ICD-10 Code Translation Tool, which has been expanded to include Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) and other HCPCS codes.

June 4, 2015
Medicare Provider

Medicare payment changes may become permanent

The U.S. House of Representatives may vote next week to permanently change the made Medicare pays hospitals and physicians, The Hill reports.

March 11, 2015

Five talking points from the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell hearing

After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case on March 4, the Washington Post reports the vote will be close.

March 6, 2015
ACA

Hospitals, physicians want ACA to remain unchanged

Hospitals, physicians and health insurers are hoping the Supreme Court rules in favor of the defendant in the King v. Burwell case, NPR reports.

March 4, 2015

Overview of the King v. Burwell Supreme Court case

With the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case on March 4, the Washington Post reports the case is the biggest challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in three years.

March 3, 2015

Federal government sends erroneous tax information to 800,000 people buying insurance

The federal government made mistakes in sending tax information to 800,000 people who received subsidies to help pay for their health insurance, the Associated Press reports.

March 2, 2015

Former employee sues hospital operator for unnecessary procedures and illegal billing

A former claims director filed a lawsuit against HCA Holdings alleging the company performed unnecessary cardiology procedures and submitted false claims, the Wall Street Journal reports.

February 27, 2015

Around the web

This week Washington took a major step toward nailing down a solid game plan on federal AI spending for everything outside of defense.

The recall includes specific lots of five different medical devices used to treat stroke and other neurovascular diseases.

The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible. 

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