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Bill stripped of exemptions to public records, anti-trust, taxes to address other hospitals’ concerns

When we talk about patient safety, do you really know what is being talked about? Maybe you think of patient safety as making sure you are identified as the right person, or you do not fall during your time as a patient.

Trump may finally do something to lower drug prices

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According to Cummings, Trump said he doesn’t care about the opposition he will face from the GOP.

State lawmakers have considered about 1,000 measures in the past year aimed at confronting the mounting opioid epidemic, as heroin use spikes and overdoses claim thousands of lives across the country.

Maine Sen. Susan Collins is among a group of senators that wants to make sure senior citizens aren’t charged with unexpected bills after a colonoscopy.

HHS officials say they don’t have the money or resources to clear their backlog of Medicare billing appeals by a court-imposed 2021 deadline.

Bad things can happen to patients in health care organizations that lack a true culture of safety. A Sentinel Event Alert issued by the Joint Commission Wednesday lays the blame squarely on the people who lead those organizations.  

Innovation In Serious Illness Care Payment: Progress To Date And Opportunities For The New Administration | At the intersection of health, health care, and policy.

Farzad Mostashari, MD, the former National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services and Martin S. Gaynor, a professor of economics and health policy discuss how policy helps and/or harms competition in the healthcare marketplace.

HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price missed two high-profile opportunities to take a stand on health information technology policy Tuesday, but used a third communication to assure that the federal government will continue to push health IT interoperability.

When the Accountable Care Coalition of Southeast Texas and the Accountable Care Coalition of Chesapeake joined Medicare’s Next Generation ACO model, they took on significant financial risk, but had more flexibility to change the way they cared for patients.

By Wednesday, every major hospital entity in the U.S. expressed opposition to the American Health Care Act unveiled by GOP leaders Monday.

Influential medical groups warned that the plan would lead to a rise in the uninsured, leaving House Republicans scrambling to marshal support.

Attacks from left and right raise doubts the bill can pass.

The nation’s leading hospital and doctor groups are lining up against the Republican health care bill, saying they fear millions of Americans will lose coverage.

The doctors’ group, which backed the Affordable Care Act, said it was concerned that too many people would lose health coverage under the House bill.

Groups representing hospitals, doctors and seniors are urging House Republican leaders to put the brakes on their plan to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, saying it risks stripping too many people of insurance and in some cases would hurt industry finances.

House Republicans scored a pre-dawn triumph Thursday in their effort to scuttle former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, but it masked deeper problems as hospitals, doctors and consumer groups mounted intensifying opposition to the GOP health care drive.

The Republican Study Committee (RSC) is pushing two changes to the House GOP’s bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare, Chairman Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) told reporters Wednesday. 

The head of the largest insurance lobbying group urged House Republicans Wednesday to rethink several central features of their new ACA repeal bill, including age-based tax credits and proposed changes to Medicaid funding.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) on Wednesday hit back against hospital groups that are opposing the GOP’s ObamaCare repeal legislation. 

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A war of words has broken out over the GOP’s ObamaCare replacement bill.

Still missing is an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office that will detail not only how much the proposal will cost, but also how many people would gain or lose health insurance.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned Wednesday that a House bill to repeal ObamaCare can’t pass the Senate without substantial changes.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will dine with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday night, White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced.

“I don’t feel isolated by this. I actually feel emboldened,“ Paul said of Trump’s tweet.

Collins predicted that the House bill in its current form will face problems in the Senate.

House Republicans released a bill on March 6 that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The 123-page bill, named the American Health Care Act, includes major changes to healthcare in the nation. Here’s a rundown of some key components of the law to track as markups take place this week.

The House Republican proposal to revamp Medicaid financing would shrink federal payments to the states significantly over time, increase the uninsured rate and boost uncompensated care costs, experts say.