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Computer glitches and human error still causing insurance headaches for Californians

Healthcare It News

Legal aid attorneys, patient advocates, and insurance agents say computer glitches are not as common today as they were in the several years after California’s 2013 launch of ACA coverage. The exchange was new and millions of people were newly eligible for Medi-Cal.

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Fifth Circuit Upholds ACA Risk Adjustment Program

Healthcare Law Blog

Various smaller health insurance issuers have challenged the risk-adjustment program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), alleging, among other things, that its underlying methodology favors larger insurers. United States Dep’t of Health & Hum. 20-50963, 2022 WL 807554, at *1 (5th Cir. The Risk-Adjustment Program.

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Administrative Simplification and ICD-10: Streamlining Health Care Operations

CMS.gov

If you are attending the HIMSS13 conference and would like to hear more about these initiatives, be sure to catch our ICD-10 and Administrative Simplification session (Education Session 131) on March 6, 2013, 8:30 – 9:30 am. And be sure to check out the ACA website and sign up for Administrative Simplification Updates.

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Por qué se habla de discriminación racial al tomar el nivel de oxígeno

Kaiser Health News

Sin embargo, eliminarlos no es una opción porque son fundamentales para el tratamiento de enfermedades cardíacas y pulmonares, la apnea del sueño y otras afecciones. Muchos de sus pacientes dependen de la provisión de oxígeno domiciliario y para que el Medicare lo cubra es necesario brindar información precisa.

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Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

Health Populi

a risk factor in two-thirds of bankruptcies filed between 2013 and 2016. Between 2013 and 2016, about 530,000 bankruptcies were filed among U.S. between 2013 and 2016. bankruptcy filers between 2013 and 2016. Medical costs in America are still the top contributor to personal bankruptcy in the U.S.,

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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

Healthcare Law Blog

Mothers with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level (“FPL”) in states which have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) are eligible to remain covered by Medicaid and those with incomes above 138% FPL may be eligible to qualify for subsidized coverage through the ACA marketplace. 31, 2022). [2] 2] Emily E.

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Majority Rules? The Right to Affordable Health Care is A Right for All Americans

Health Populi

This is the sixth survey conducted by the Fund to track Americans’ views of the Affordable Care Act; the first survey was fielded in mid-to-fall 2013. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, uber-Red Governor of the Dairy State, is working to bolster the ACA health insurance marketplaces for the state’s health citizens.

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