Susan Morse
Quality & Safety
Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act turned Medicaid into a lifelong program for people it was never meant to support, Verma says.
Revenue Cycle
Anthem Technology Center will create new capabilities to enhance the consumer healthcare experience, help improve quality and lower healthcare costs, insurer says.
MACRA
Physicians transitioning to MIPS and hospitals going for meaningful use can avoid penalty.
Revenue Cycle
CMS says it will change direction of CMMI, wants providers to have greater flexibility in payment m…
CMS innovation center programs in limbo as officials say free market approach will encourage competition among healthcare providers.
Legislation
Republican senators voting against motion to proceed were Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
Senate bill would allow insurers to sell bare bones plans to one segment of the population while offering healthier sector a lower premium rate.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Optum likely to run healthcare arm if buy-out goes through, leveraging The Advisory Board's provider relationships and Crimson dataset.
Legislation
Republicans are short on votes needed for bill to pass due to five Senators who will not give their support, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
Cost-sharing reduction payments continue through 2019 in bill that stabilizes health insurance market, says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
In 2026, an estimated 51M people under age 65 would be uninsured, compared to 28M who would lack insurance under current law.