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PPACA: Feds Seek ACO, Review Comments
By Allison BellFederal agencies are asking for public comments about the new accountable care organization and federal external health plan decision review programs.
November 16, 2010
Healthy Texas Partnership Plan in Full ForceHealthy Texas, a statewide public/private partnership established by the 81st Legislature, provides a new health insurance option for small employers in Texas.
November 16, 2010
Investigators: Mistakes Add $1.9 Billion to Medicare TabPotentially avoidable medical errors account for about 1.5% of Medicare spending on inpatient hospital care, officials estimate.
November 16, 2010
CMS Launches Innovation CenterThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has opened the doors of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, an agency that is supposed to rethink federal health plans.
November 16, 2010
Insurers Raised $86 Million to Fight Public Option: ReportHealth insurers gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over $86 million to fund the chamber's opposition to parts of the health care reform proposal, according to a published report.
November 16, 2010
Healthy Texas Partnership Plan in Full ForceHealthy Texas, a statewide public/private partnership established by the 81st Legislature, provides a new health insurance option for small employers in Texas.
November 16, 2010
HHS Site Gives Rejection DataThe federal HealthCare.gov Insurance Finder system now shows each health insurer's individual health applicant denial rate.
November 16, 2010
PPACA: Feds Seek ACO, Review CommentsFederal agencies are asking for public comments about the new accountable care organization and federal external health plan decision review programs.