A Voter’s Guide To The Health Law Chatter

Posted on February 8, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Policy, High Deductible Health Plans, Medicaid, Medicare • Leave a comment

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/06/465739617/a-voter-s-guide-to-the-health-law-chatter?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Legislators take aim at Stark law in light of value-based payment changes

Posted on February 3, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Anti-Kickback, Health Policy, Medicaid, Medicare, Physician, Self Referral Laws, Stark Law, Value Based Health Care • Leave a comment

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/antifraud/story/legislators-take-aim-stark-law-light-value-based-payment-changes/2016-02-02?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKde%2FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBgNq%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

Representatives and senators seek input on self-referral laws

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: January 2016

Posted on January 30, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Elections, Employees Out of Pocket Costs, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Policy, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, Medicare, Reform • Leave a comment

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: January 2016

Figure 2: No Single Health Issue Stands Out for Voters

Wachter on Excessive Measurement

Posted on January 23, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Clinical Data Analytics, CMS, Health System, Hospital, Medicare, Physician, Quality Care, Quality Metrics • Leave a comment

Wachter on Excessive Measurement

Brown & Toland leaves Pioneer ACO, declines to join Next Generation

Posted on January 21, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, ACO, CMS, HMO, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Shared Savings Program, Next Generation, Physician Organizations, Pioneer ACO, PPO • Leave a comment

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/brown-toland-declines-participate-pioneer-next-gen-despite-success?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuqnJde%2FhmjTEU5z16ukvX6%2B%2Fh4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcBmPL3YDBceEJhqyQJxPr3MLtINwNlqRhPrCg%3D%3D

Company cites upcoming program changes as reason for exiting the program, despite some success in first three years.

Screws Tighten on 340B Program

Posted on January 18, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged 340B Drug Discount Program, CMS, Health Policy, Health System, Hospital, Medicare, Medicare 340B Drug Discount Program, MedPAC Commission • Leave a comment

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HEP&content_id=324594##

A MedPAC recommendation to reduce by 10% Medicare payment rates for 340B hospitals’ separately payable Part B drugs has been greeted with a chorus of boos from hospital trade associations.

Medicare Part D’s Importance Extends Far Beyond The Drug Benefit It Provides

Posted on January 16, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged CMS, Health Policy, Medicare, Medicare Part D, Prescription Drug Benefits • Leave a comment

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/01/15/medicare-part-ds-importance-extends-far-beyond-the-drug-benefit-it-provides/

Blog_MedicarePartD

Experts predict reimbursement changes for 2016

Posted on January 7, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged CMS, Health System, Hospital, Medicare, Narrow Networks, Reimbursement, Value-Based Healthcare • Leave a comment

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/experts-predict-reimbursement-changes-2016

How Postacute Care is Evolving

Posted on December 19, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Hospital, Medicare, Post Acute Care, SNF • Leave a comment

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=FIN&content_id=323688##

With shared interests in reducing readmission rates and associated Medicare payment penalties, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are in the vanguard of an evolutionary movement.

Reflections from Health Republic’s top exec as business winds down

Posted on December 18, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, CMS, Health Insurance Co-Ops, Health Insurance Payor, Medicare, Risk Corridor Shortfall • Leave a comment

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/health-care-inc/2015/12/reflections-from-health-republics-top-exec-as.html?ana=e_ptl_hc&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1450463409