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CMS Awards Accenture Federal Services with $628M Contract to Support Healthcare.gov

HIT Consultant

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue its work supporting Healthcare.gov. – In 2014, Accenture Federal Services was awarded a prime contract to take over management of the Federally-Facilitated Exchange (FFE). .

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One in Two Americans with Work-Based Insurance Worries That Healthcare Costs Could Lead to Bankruptcy

Health Populi

with employer-sponsored health insurance worry that a major health event in their household could lead to bankruptcy, according to research gathered by West Health and Gallup in Business Speaks: The Future of Employer-Sponsored Insurance. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. One-half of U.S.

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CMS Extends Ban on New Home Health Agencies and Ambulance Suppliers

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to stop fraudulent repayment claims before they happen. The six-month moratorium began January 31, 2014. Indest III, J.D., Click here to read the press release from CMS.

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CMS’ Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs

Healthcare Law Blog

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Proposed Rule”).

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Administrative Simplification and ICD-10: Streamlining Health Care Operations

CMS.gov

By: Christine Stahlecker, Director, Administrative Simplification Group, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. These requirements are in place to lower costs, create uniform electronic standards, and streamline exchanges between health care providers and payers.

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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. New Mexico Health Connections v. United States Dep’t of Health & Human Servs. ,

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Health Provider News – April 1, 2022

Hall Render

Lawmakers not giving up on bill to expand Medicaid to undocumented kids. Ambulance Association says it paid costs health organizations should’ve covered. Court sides with HHS in Indiana hospitals’ challenge to Medicare payment calculation. Rural healthcare providers feel the pain of North Carolina’s “Medicaid gap”.