CMS proposes paying for end-of-life planning in new draft rule

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cms-proposes-paying-for-end-of-life-planning-in-new-draft-rule/402023/

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday released a draft of Medicare’s first physician payment rule that would reimburse physicians for providing end-of-life counseling.

Obamacare and the Future of Healthcare

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/obamacare-future-healthcare-kalon-mitchell

Obamacare and the Future of Healthcare

As everyone knows by now, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state healthcare insurance exchanges subsidized by the federal government.  If this decision had gone the other way, it could have had a significant impact on the percentage of insured patients currently, and in the coming years.  With this decision, this key component of Obamacare seems to be a permanent part of the future financial core of healthcare reimbursement.

Centene acquiring Health Net in $6.8 billion deal

http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2015/07/02/centene-acquiring-health-net-in-6-8-billion-deal.html?ana=e_du_pap&s=article_du&ed=2015-07-02&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1435944046

Centene Chairman Michael Neidorff

The 8 biggest healthcare issues in 2015 so far

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/the-8-biggest-healthcare-issues-in-2015-so-far.html

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D.C. hospital pays $12.9 million to settle false claims case

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2015/06/d-c-hospital-pays-12-9-million-to-settle-false.html?ana=e_du_pap&s=article_du&ed=2015-06-15&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1434471604

Children's National Medical Center agreed to pay $12.9 million to settle a false claims case against it, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday.

What Tenet’s exit from GA and NC says about for-profits in non-expansion states

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/what-tenets-exit-from-ga-and-nc-says-about-for-profits-in-non-expansion-st/399411/

Skyrocketing Medicaid signups stir Obamacare fights

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/skyrocketing-medicaid-expansion-obamacare-republican-governors-118011.html?hp=t1_r&utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=17739647&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_iRQ9zOjuE-i7k43AqLDImeqznJ-wKKgbK5U9WsrPK3TArFSGGt6_dVJgpczYWhNQCpkUdQa8LMNMcF2F8juYGDmTZdQ&_hsmi=17739647

In this photo taken Thursday, July 10, 2014, a patient is assisted at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton, N.C. A backlog of unpaid Medicaid claims, a shrinking reimbursement rate, and more carve-outs of services covered, rural community hospitals like Southeastern Regional in Robeson County, which is not a part of a larger corporate hospital group are struggling to stay afloat. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Full Medicaid expansion would save billions on uncompensated care, Kaiser report says

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/full-medicaid-expansion-would-save-billions-uncompensated-care-kaiser-report-says?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRogu63PZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4HT8tiI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Report claims that between 2015 and 2024, uninsured people in states not expanding Medicaid would rack up to $266 billion in uncompensated care.

Report claims that between 2015 and 2024, uninsured people in states not expanding Medicaid would rack up to $266 billion in uncompensated care.