02/13/2012
Love it or hate it, the Affordable Care Act has sparked a great deal of debate within the health care industry.
02/09/2012
Visiting the doctor’s office may not top the list of favorite activities for most consumers, but eliminating common stressors such as juggling one’s schedule to squeeze in an appointment, spending too much time in the waiting room, and then maybe seeing the physician for only a few minutes, can make the experience much more pleasant.
02/03/2012
Whether you are for or against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), it is changing the landscape of health care insurance as we know it.
01/31/2012
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court denied a motion by Freedom Watch arguing that Justice Elena Kagan should recuse herself from hearing the upcoming challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
01/24/2012
The implementation train for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) continues to pick- up speed with a number of important implementation dates in 2012.
01/16/2012
On January 6, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), one of the most talked about pieces of legislation passed in recent memory.
01/12/2012
Buried in the thousands of pages of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is Section 1181, which authorized the establishment of the Patient Center for Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent, non-profit organization charged with “evaluating and comparing health outcomes and the clinical effectiveness, risks, and benefits of medical treatments, services, procedures, drugs, and other strategies or items that treat, manage, diagnose, or prevent illness or injury.”
01/10/2012
On December 19, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the federal agency has approved 32 organizations to become Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations.
01/03/2012
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) from March 26 through 28 of 2012, according to the New York Times and several other media services.
12/23/2011
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is not only forcing health insurers to undergo fundamental changes in the way they do business, but the law is requiring new infrastructure investment while also mandating Medical Loss Ratios (MLR) that limit the amount insurers can spend on administrative costs.