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. 

LA Times Editorial Board weighs in on ACA

There is no easy way to put a lid on healthcare costs, according to a piece by the Los Angeles Times editorial board.

October 28, 2014

CDC issues new Ebola guidelines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines pertaining to health workers entering the U.S. from Ebola-affected countries, according to Time.

October 28, 2014
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Health economist shares his struggles with selecting a health plan

Think figuring out a health plan is hard? In a New York Times editorial, health economist Austin Frakt admitted: “I cannot rationally select a health plan.”

October 27, 2014

Will HealthCare.com, a private endeavor, mislead consumers?

 If consumers type HealthCare.com instead of HealthCare.gov into their browsers, they will end up not at a government site but the web address of an enterprising company, reports The Washington Post. 

October 25, 2014
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N.J., N.Y. implement new Ebola restrictions

New Jersey and New York have announced new restrictions that require physicians and other healthcare workers returning from treating Ebola in Africa to take a mandatory 21-day quarantine, reports NBC News. 

October 25, 2014
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HHS extends anti-kickback waivers for MSSP ACOs

The Department of Health & Human Services' Office of the Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have extended waivers to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law for certain accountable care organizations through Nov. 2, 2015, reports Becker's Hospital Review. 

October 22, 2014

Analysis: Part D is main cause of $500B Medicare slowdown

Prescription drug spending (or Part D) has accounted for more than 60 percent of the slowdown in Medicare benefits since 2011, according to an analysis presented in Health Affairs.

October 22, 2014

Most uninsured don’t know about upcoming enrollment period

Only 11 percent of people without health insurance are aware that open enrollment is set to begin, according to The New York Times.

October 22, 2014

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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