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Breaking: HHS releases proposed rule on ACO’s
Earlier today, HHS has released the highly anticipated proposed rule on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The rules will guide healthcare providers in setting up exchanges of healthcare data to improve…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Congressional Hearings on ACA, Medicare & Other Health Policies
Several Congressional committees have held hearings on various aspects of the ACA, including: A House Oversight Health Care Subcommittee hearing on “Obamacare: Why The Need For Waivers?"; a Senate Finance Committee hearing…
Triage Health Law
Where's the ACO Pay Off for Hospitals?
With the issuance of proposed rules for accountable care organizations (ACOs) just days away (CMS Deputy Director Marilyn Tavenner has been quoted as saying they’ll be out by April 1,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
A Look at the Affordable Care Act, One Year Later
Guttmacher Institute: One Year Later: Protecting the Gains, Correcting the Flaws of Health Care Reform:The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in March 2010, bringing with it…
The Shriver Brief
Happy Birthday Affordable Care Act
America’s health care law, the Affordable Care Act, turns one year old on March 23rd. That’s good news for Illinois’s four-year-olds—and forty-four-year-olds, and lots of other Illinoisans too. That’s because…
Elder Law Prof Blog
AoA to host Care Transitions webinar
On Wednesday, March 30, the Administration on Aging (AoA) will continue its series of webinars focused on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (also known as the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Health Care Overhaul Prompts New Battles Over Abortion Insurance Coverage
Wash. Post: New fronts open in abortion wars, by N.C. Aizenman:A year after its passage, the health-care overhaul is opening fresh battlefields in an old and bitter debate. Almost immediately…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Proposes Medicaid Community First Choice Option Under ACA
On February 25, 2011, CMS published a proposed rule that would implement an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision to allow states to provide Medicaid home and community-based attendant services and…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Delays Medicaid RAC Deadline, Posts State RAC Data
Under the ACA, states and territories must establish Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) to identify and recover Medicaid overpayments and identify underpayments. CMS had previously called on states to fully implement…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Guidance to States on ACA Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Provisions
On February 25, 2011, CMS issued guidance to state Medicaid directors on MOE provisions in the ACA. By way of background, the ACA’s MOE provisions generally are intended to ensure that…