Trump Drug Pricing 'Blueprint' Could Take Years To Build
The 39-page drug price plan includes an array of ideas that the administration will consider, but it's unclear which ones will be implemented.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Medicare Advisers Recommend Payment Cuts To Many Free-Standing ERs
An agency that advises Congress recommends a 30 percent reduction in some federal reimbursements to free-standing ERs that are within 6 miles of a hospital.
Canadians Root For An Underdog Health Policy Idea From The U.S.
A center created by the Affordable Care Act to foster innovations in health care is at risk in Donald Trump's U.S. But some Canadian health analysts see it as a model for curbing health care's cost.
What The Man Who Ran Obamacare Thinks About the Republican Health Plan
Andy Slavitt was acting administrator of the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services until January. He calls the new Senate health care bill "the ugly step-sibling" of the House bill.
Secret Data On Hospital Inspections May Soon Become Public
The federal government wants to require that private accreditors release reports of problems they find during hospital inspections. Right now, the reports are kept confidential.
Indiana's Claims About Its Medicaid Experiment Don't All Check Out
Indiana's health program for low-income people is experimental, and needs federal approval to continue. The state says its program is working, but some claims lack much-needed context.
The Future Of Medicaid May Be Found In Indiana, Where The Poor Pay
Seema Verma, the architect of Indiana's Medicaid overhaul, is slated to run the federal agency overseeing the health care program for the poor. She instated mandatory payments from recipients.
Obamacare's Test Kitchen For Payment Experiments Faces An Uncertain Future
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation has explored payment changes that could cut health care costs and improve quality. But will the center survive in a new administration?
Court Blocks New Nursing Home Rule From Taking Effect
Companies sued the federal government over a new rule protecting the right of patients and their families to sue nursing home companies. It was supposed to go into effect in November.
Nursing Home Group Sues U.S. Government Over New Lawsuit Rule
The American Health Care Association is seeking to overturn a rule that protects the right of patients and their families to sue nursing homes in court. The rule is set to go into effect Nov. 28.