The initial reaction to the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduced by Republican leaders in Congress and supported by President Donald Trump, is negative across several major medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and the Federation of American Hospitals. 

Measuring patient engagement allows providers identify which variables lead to patients divesting from their own care. CDW, the technology and business services giant, recently released its 2017 Patient Engagement Perspectives, a study outlining the highs and lows of patient engagement in the past year. 

A merger between two Illinois hospital systems, Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University Health Care, has been called off after a federal judge granted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a preliminary injunction against the deal.

Primary care physicians who support the goals of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)'s changes to reimbursement have some concerns about how its quality reporting will affect their bottom lines and how they care for patients—particularly if the patients aren’t listening.

House Republicans have released the full text of the long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Titled the “American Health Care Act (AHCA),” the bill would eliminate the ACA’s mandate for individuals to buy insurance and roll back the expansion of Medicaid, while restoring disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments.

In 2012, CMS launched the Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents in 143 long-term care (LTC) facilities across seven states. According to a study published in the March 2017 issue of Health Affairs, the approach appears to have been effective.

Increasing use of high-deductible health plans by insurers is creating financial fallout for hospitals, which are reporting record levels of debt attributed to insured patients who can’t afford to pay bills after a hospital visit or surgery.

A legislative aide, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said there have been a series of phone calls finalizing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) replacement plan involving Speaker Paul Ryan, HHS Secretary Tom Price, White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump’s domestic policy adviser Andrew Bremberg and others.