How Undocumented Immigrants Could Receive Obamacare Subsidies: Hypothetical Uses of ACA Waivers
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Undocumented immigrants may be able to receive federally subsidized health insurance coverage under waiver authority built into the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA allows States to request waivers of certain major provisions of Obamacare, including a waiver of the ACA requirement limiting federal premium and cost sharing subsidies...
Physician Payment Reform: Effects of New Payment Models on Physician Practices, Experience, and Finances
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How have alternative health care payment models, aimed at lowering costs while improving patient outcomes, affected physicians and physician practices in the United States? A recent RAND Corporation study, sponsored by the American Medical Association, looks at the effects payment reform models have on physicians' finances, practice management, and...
King v. Burwell: Using ACA Waivers to Continue Premium Subsidies in Federal Health Insurance Exchange
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In the King v. Burwell case on federal premium subsidies in the federally-run health insurance exchanges, Congress, the White House, and States have a simple option should the Supreme Court rule in favor of King. This option is a simple legislative fix likely to be scored at no cost...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is changing the health care landscape for everyone, including safety net hospitals. Just how this change will affect these key providers and what they must do to stay open are subjects of much debate. In a multitude of ways, the ACA, new marketplace dynamics,...
Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare: Interview with Murray Aitken, IMS Institute for Health Informatics
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Healthcare is undergoing a revolution in the transformation of data into credible, actionable information for decision making at all levels, including financing, coverage, reimbursement, product development, diagnoses and treatment, clinical care delivery, and consumer choices. In a fascinating new interview, one of the world’s top experts on health informatics discusses...