Washington Report Articles
As part of the fiscal cliff legislation enacted prior to the end of 2012, $10.5 billion in Medicare overpayments to hospitals will be recovered over the next few years.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has approved $1.5 billion in new Exchange Establishment Grants to ensure states have the required resources to build marketplaces that meet the needs of residents.
The U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services has relaunched its website to attract the 43 million uninsuredAmericans needed to make the healthcare law work when open enrollment in state and federal healthcare exchanges begins in October 2013.
Under the Affordable Care Act’s “10essential health benefits,” individual and small group health plans sold under state-based health insurance exchanges and outside them on the private market will be required to cover pediatric dental services beginning in 2014.
