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PPACA: HHS Officials Unveil Flexibility Details
By Allison BellThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given more information about the process states can use to ask for waivers from the standard Affordable Care Act coverage expansion rules.
March 10, 2011
White House Backs BerwickPresident Obama is sticking with the man he has nominated to be the next head of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
March 10, 2011
Medicare Advantage Market Sees Encouraging Leap in EnrollmentOnce again, we have Mark Farrah Associates to thank for delivering the latest.
March 10, 2011
PPACA, State-by-State: A Q&A with West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. ClineQ: What challenges do you anticipate your particular state running into with upcoming health care reform provisions?
March 10, 2011
CBO: To Cut the Deficit, Cut Health CostsReducing health care costs could play a major role in reducing defense costs as well as overall federal expenditures.
March 09, 2011
Researchers: Medicare Can Improve Chronic Condition Risk AdjustmentsThe Medicare program could do a better job of reflecting the cost of treating patients with multiple chronic conditions in health plan payment formulas, researchers say.
March 09, 2011
PPACA: Obama Administration Appeals Vinson RulingFederal agencies have asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a Florida federal court ruling declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Act to be unconstitutional.
March 09, 2011
PPACA: CCIIO Gives Maine a Medical Loss Ratio WaiverMaine has received a waiver from the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act minimum medical loss ratio provisions.