Monthly Archives: January 2012
Obama Administration officials, health care leaders join together at Innovation Summit
HHS: Summit builds on Affordable Care Act, highlights private, public innovations to improve health care quality and lower costs.
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Justice Department defends health mandate
POLITICO: The Obama administration on Friday told the Supreme Court that the requirement to buy insurance in its health reform law is well within Congress’s constitutional boundaries — and insisted that legally, the law doesn’t break any new ground.
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Caring for Medicare Medicaid Dual Eligibles A Population Profile
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Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion
HHS: New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs for doctors and hospitals, private health plans, states, and other government health plans, over the next ten years, according to estimates included in new rules published today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Healthcare Professionals Selected for the New Innovation Advisors Program to Improve Care for Patients
CMS: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that it has selected 73 individuals from 27 States and the District of Columbia for its Innovation Advisors program. The initiative, launched by the CMS Innovation Center in October 2011, will help health professionals deepen skills that will drive improvements to patient care and reduce costs. Funding for this initiative was made possible by the Affordable Care Act.
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Feds Make It Easier For States To Enroll Poor Under Health Law
Kaiser Health News: The Obama administration is making it easier for states to sign up the poor for health coverage – and to help those people stay covered. On Friday, it informed state officials that they could simplify enrollment in Medicaid, the federal-state program for the poor, to handle the onslaught of millions of anticipated enrollees next year when the health care law expands coverage. The administration said the changes are geared to states that are expanding their programs, but they may also be adopted by others.
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HHS Secretary Sebelius announces Senate confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner
HHS: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this afternoon, that the United States Senate confirmed Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “I’m pleased to announce that the Senate voted today to confirm Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services making her the first CMS administrator to be confirmed in over nine years. Marilyn brings with her a breadth of experience and expertise from virtually all angles of health care policy and delivery, having served as a hospital CEO, a state health official, and a registered nurse. Marilyn will serve in a critical role at CMS as we work to improve the health care for hundreds of millions of Americans.”
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