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. 

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
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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
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CMS updates hospital outpatient rates and ambulatory surgical center payments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made changes to outpatient rates and ambulatory surgical center payments for 2015, Healthcare Finance reports.

February 27, 2015

Companies barred from offering plans without hospital coverage

The Department of Health and Human Services revealed that health plans without hospital benefits do not qualify as satisfying the minimum value requirement, Kaiser Health News reports.

February 23, 2015

IPC The Hospitalist facing federal charges

A judge in Chicago upheld a government lawsuit against IPC The Hospitalist, a firm that employs physicians and acute-care specialists in 27 states, Bloomberg reports.

February 20, 2015

Around the web

Cardiovascular Associates of America, backed by Webster Equity Partners, currently includes practices in eight different states. Its partner cardiologists now have preferred access to multiple cloud-based services provided by Athenahealth. 

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) supports an AMA policy that condemns the use AI to make prior authorization decisions rather than a doctor or clinician.

The past five years have been boom times for AI startups courting venture investors in healthcare, and the good times just keep rolling.

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