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Affordable Care Act
The ACHA Passes the House
On Thursday, May 5, 2017, House Republicans finally got what they have been asking for, and campaigning on, for several years.…
AHCA Failed…Now What?
Moments before a scheduled vote on the bill, Republican House leaders announced that they were pulling the American Health Care…
Newly Released CMS Payment Models – What is to Come?
Right before the inauguration of the new President, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new…
The Future of CMMIs
The Affordable Care Act and the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) provided the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
Price, Verma Picked for Top Trump Cabinet Slots
Ever since the election, there has been much hubbub about who President-Elect Donald Trump will choose to fill important cabinet…
Post ICD-10 Changes to the ACA and its Implications
The coming year will bring along change for practices. The ending of the ICD-10 grace period will bring rising problems for…
Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) What is Happening Now
The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) is one of the "cost control mechanisms" that can be found within the…
PQRS Nearly 40% of All U.S. Health Care Providers Penalized for Failure to…
According to CMS, more than 460,000 of the 1.25 million eligible Medicare providers did not meet deadlines to submit data for the…
Update on the Medical Device Tax Repeal Efforts
The Medical Device Tax, instituted as part of the Affordable Care Act, is a tax of 2.3 percent on the sale price of medical device…
Over 500 Organizations Urge Congress to Repeal ACA’s Independent…
In an effort to curtail the rise in Medicare cost, the Affordable Care Act established the Independent Payment Advisory Board…