Reform Spotlight Archives

2013

• HHS Secretary Sebelius announces Senate confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner May 15
• Administration announces $1 billion initiative to launch Health Care Innovation Awards to provide better health care and lower costs May 15
• Health centers to help uninsured individuals gain affordable health insurance coverage May 09
• Administration offers consumers an unprecedented look at hospital charges May 08
• HHS Posts Highlights of #ActNow Twitter Chat on the Affordable Care Act May 01
• Lyfechannel wins the healthfinder.gov ACA Mobile App Challenge Apr 30
• Obama Administration simplifies, significantly shortens application for health insurance Apr 30
• HHS releases blueprint to advance culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health and health care Apr 24
• Max Baucus will continue to be health care law’s driving force Apr 24
• Senate panel approves CMS nominee Apr 23
• CMS, FDA budget winners; CDC, NIH take hit Apr 11
• CMS Announces Opportunity to Apply for Marketplace Navigator Grants Apr 09
• CMS Proposes Help for Consumers Navigating the Health Insurance Marketplace Apr 03
• HHS finalizes rule guaranteeing 100 percent funding for new Medicaid beneficiaries Mar 29
• Medicare Dashboard Advances ACA Goals for Chronic Conditions Mar 28
• Affordable Care Act at 3: Looking Forward and Expanding Access Mar 22
• Seniors saved over $6 billion on prescription drugs as a result of the health care law Mar 21
• Affordable Care Act extended free preventive care to 71 million Americans with private health insurance Mar 18
• The Affordable Care Act: By The Numbers Mar 18
• HHS and states move forward to offer quality, affordable health coverage Mar 07
• HHS announces 2013 agenda to bring down costs and improve quality of care through implementation of health information technology Mar 06
• HHS releases Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Mar 01
• HHS providing states with additional flexibility, resources to enhance care through State Innovation Model awards Feb 21
• Health care law allows consumers to easily find and compare options starting in 2014 Feb 20
• CMS proposes 2014 payment and policy updates for Medicare health and drug plans Feb 15
• HHS announces 27 Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns awards Feb 15
• DOJ and HHS announce record-breaking recoveries resulting from joint efforts to combat health care fraud Feb 11
• HHS delays Basic Health Program until 2015 Feb 06
• National Health Service Corps expands the primary care workforce Feb 06
• Kathleen Sebelius: Medicaid expansion’s not ‘bait and switch’ Feb 05
• Affordable Care Act “Sunshine” Rule increases transparency in health care Feb 01
• Administration issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on recommended preventive services policy Feb 01
• CMS announces new initiative to improve care and reduce costs for Medicare Jan 31
• HHS awards $1.5 billion to support states building Health Insurance Marketplaces Jan 17
• Implementing Health Reform: Medicaid And Premium Tax Credit Eligibility And Appeals Jan 15
• Health-care law requires additional dental benefits for children Jan 14
• Millions of Americans newly eligible for quality, affordable health coverage in 2014 Jan 14
• More Doctors, Hospitals Partner to Coordinate Care for People with Medicare Jan 10
• Sebelius to stay on as HHS secretary Jan 09
• Changes coming in 2013 Jan 04
• States move forward to implement health care law, build health insurance marketplaces Jan 03

2012

• States move forward to implement health care law, build health insurance marketplaces Dec 20
• Progress continues in setting up health insurance marketplaces Dec 14
• U.S. faces task of running dozens of health exchanges Dec 13
• Feds rule on health care law’s Medicaid expansion Dec 10
• People with Medicare save $5 billion on prescription drugs because of health care law Dec 03
• Medicare continues effort to give consumers more information on health care quality Nov 21
• HHS Issues Three Rules for Health Plans, Exchanges for 2014 Nov 20
• HHS pushes back health exchange deadline to Dec. 14 Nov 15
• Health care law delivers higher payments to primary care physicians Nov 01
• States seek help making health exchange rules Oct 29
• Medicaid Spending Growth Drops As Enrollment Slows Oct 25
• People with Medicare save $4.8 billion on prescription drugs because of the health care law Oct 25
• Questions Linger About Implementing Doctors’ Medicaid Pay Raise Oct 24
• People With Medicare Have More High Quality Choices Oct 12
• Two Innovation Challenge winners announced Oct 12
• Health care law increases access to primary care through the National Health Service Corps Oct 11
• Supreme Court eyes health care law again Oct 01
• ACA tries carrots, sticks on hospitals Oct 01
• HHS continues to support state efforts to build Affordable Insurance Exchanges Sep 27
• Affordable Care Act funds to enhance quality of care at community health centers Sep 27
• Health care law increases number of mental and behavioral health providers Sep 27
• Health care law ensures consumers get clear, consistent information about health coverage Sep 24
• Through the Affordable Care Act, Americans with Medicare will save $5,000 through 2022 Sep 21
• Medicare Advantage remains strong Sep 19
• Health care law saved an estimated $2.1 billion for consumers Sep 11
• New resources help older Americans and people with disabilities maintain their independence Sep 11
• New health care standards to save up to $6 billion Aug 24
• States continue to move forward, build Affordable Insurance Exchanges Aug 23
• CMS announces primary care practices to participate in historic public-private partnership to strengthen primary care Aug 22
• People with Medicare save more than $4.1 billion on prescription drugs Aug 20
• The Affordable Care Act helps states prevent, fight infectious diseases Aug 16
• HHS partners with pharmacies to educate Medicare beneficiaries about new health benefits Aug 15
• Obama administration issues new rules to cut red tape for doctors and hospitals, saving up to $9 billion Aug 07
• CMS Points to New Flexibility for States Under Health Reform’s Medicaid Expansion Aug 07
• Health Care Law Gives Women Control Over Their Care, Offers Free Preventive Services to 47 Million Women Aug 01
• Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports Overview Jul 31
• Obama Administration Announces Ground-Breaking Public-Private Partnership to Prevent Health Care Fraud Jul 26
• HHS announces state health care innovation initiative Jul 19
• Adult Quality Grants: Measuring and Improving the Quality of Care in Medicaid Jul 16
• More than 16 million people with Medicare get free preventive services in 2012 Jul 10
• HHS Announces 88 New Accountable Care Organizations Jul 09
• CMS Proposed Rule Would Increase Payment to Family Physicians by 7 Percent Jul 06
• Obama administration and states move forward to implement health care law Jun 29
• Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand Jun 28
• Health care ruling expected Thursday Jun 25
• Health care law saves consumers over $1 billion Jun 21
• Health care law expands community health centers, serves more patients Jun 20
• HHS Announces 81 Health Care Innovation Awards Jun 15
• Health Care Law Delivers Free Preventive Services to Over 14 Million People with Medicare in 2012 Jun 11
• New Consumer Assistance Grants Will Give States More Resources to Help Consumers Get and Keep Health Coverage Jun 07
• CMS Announces Private-Sector Commitments to Improve Primary Care for Patients, Save Money for Medicare Jun 06
• HHS announces availability of funding to help older adults, people with disabilities access long-term services and supports and thrive in their communities May 31
• Health Care Law Saved People with Medicare over $3.5 Billion on Prescription Drugs May 24
• Affordable Care Act supports families of children with special health care needs May 23
• More states work to implement health care law May 16
• HHS launches new web-based tool to track performance of nation’s health care system May 15
• Health care law increases payments to doctors for primary care May 09
• We Can’t Wait: HHS announces first 26 Health Care Innovation awards May 08
• Secretary Sebelius Statement in Honor of National Nurses Week 2012 May 04
• Health care law helps community health centers build, renovate facilities, serve more patients May 01
• Affordable Care Act Saved People on Medicare over $3.4 Billion on Prescription Drugs Apr 30
• HHS announces new Affordable Care Act options for community-based care Apr 26
• Medicare proposed payment rule would promote improved inpatient care Apr 24
• Health Care Law Protects Against Fraud, Saves Nearly $1.6 billion Apr 24
• Medicare Stable, But Requires Strengthening Apr 23
• Report Shows Lower Costs in Medicare Due to the Affordable Care Act Apr 23
• New report: Competitive bidding saving money for taxpayers and people with Medicare Apr 18
• New Affordable Care Act program to improve care, control Medicare costs, off to a strong start Apr 10
• New health care law provisions cut red tape, save up to $4.6 billion Apr 09
• HHS, Department of Justice highlight Obama administration efforts, Health Reform tools to combat Medicare fraud Apr 04
• Health care law expands support for children and families Apr 03
• The health reform ruling: Four likely scenarios Apr 01
• Justices meet Friday to vote on health care case Mar 30
• States stick to health law strategies Mar 30
• Court appears split by ideology over health care Mar 28
• 7 key moments in the mandate oral arguments Mar 27
• 5 Supreme Court takeaways Mar 26
• Supreme Court begins review of health-care law Mar 26
• Statement by Secretary Sebelius on the Affordable Care Act Mar 23
• CMS announces new initiative to bolster primary care workforce Mar 21
• New health care law helps young adults get and keep affordable health coverage Mar 21
• Health reform provides more than 45 million women access to preventive health care services Mar 20
• Health reform helps more than 5.1 million people with Medicare save over $3.2 billion Mar 19
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases on March 26, 27, and 28, 2012 Mar 16
• Standards Related to Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment Final Rule Mar 16
• Affordable Care Act will ensure health coverage for millions of Americans Mar 16
• Secretary Sebelius unveils “MyCare” stories Mar 16
• Administration releases Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on preventive services policy Mar 16
• New Opportunity for Better Care for Nursing Facility Residents through Enhanced Coordination Efforts Mar 15
• CMS Continues Effort to Improve Quality of Care for People with Medicare Mar 14
• Affordable Care Act Demonstration to Expand Access to Emergency Psychiatric Care Mar 13
• Policies give States more flexibility to establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges Mar 12
• Health care reform law helps 1.3 million minority young adults obtain health insurance Mar 07
• House Panel Approves Repeal of Medicare Board in Health-Care Law Mar 06
• Health reform law ends lifetime limits for 105 million Americans Mar 05
• Health reform law provides coverage for nearly 50,000 Americans with pre-existing conditions Feb 23
• HHS announces new assistance to states: More resources, transparency, and flexibility Feb 22
• High court health care argument extended to 6 hrs Feb 21
• Health Reform Expands the Insurance Market, Supports Consumer-Governed Nonprofit Health Plans Feb 21
• Insurance eligibility improves medical care: study Feb 17
• HHS ensures consumers get better value for their health insurance dollar Feb 16
• Affordable Care Act extended free preventive services to 54 million Americans with private health insurance in 2011 Feb 15
• New health care law helps expand primary care physician workforce Feb 13
• Senate panel approves bill to televise high court Feb 09
• Health Reform to Require Insurers to Use Plain Language in Describing Health Plan Benefits, Coverage Feb 09
• HHS launches Strong Start initiative to increase healthy deliveries and reduce preterm births Feb 08
• Health reform law saves $2.1 billion for 3.6 million Americans with Medicare Feb 02
• CLASS Act repeal passes House Feb 02
• Obama Administration officials, health care leaders join together at Innovation Summit Jan 26
• Justice Department defends health mandate Jan 06
• Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion Jan 05
• Healthcare Professionals Selected for the New Innovation Advisors Program to Improve Care for Patients Jan 03

2011

• New Affordable Care Act Demonstration to Provide Care at Home for Medicare Patients Dec 20
• Affordable Care Act helps 32 health systems improve care for patients, saving up to $1.1 billion Dec 19
• HHS to give states more flexibility to implement health reform Dec 16
• HHS Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions One-Year Anniversary Dec 15
• Partnership for Patients initiative to improve hospital care Dec 15
• Affordable Care Act Sunshine Rule Increases Transparency In Health Care Dec 14
• New data: Affordable Care Act helps 2.5 million additional young adults get health insurance Dec 14
• Top court schedules Obama healthcare law briefs Dec 08
• Affordable Care Act support for school-based health centers will create jobs, increase access to care for thousands of children Dec 08
• Medicare Gives Employers, Consumers Information to Make Better Health Care Choices Dec 05
• Affordable Care Act Helping Consumers Get Better Value For Their Health Care Dollars Dec 02
• States receive more flexibility, resources to implement Affordable Insurance Exchanges Nov 29
• More Americans than not want health law repeal: poll Nov 17
• Obama administration launches $1 billion healthcare drive Nov 15
• Supreme Court to review health care reform law Nov 14
• Medicare Expands Coverage of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Services Nov 08
• D.C. Court upholds health reform law Nov 08
• Seniors Save More Than $1.2 Billion on Prescriptions Thanks to the Affordable Care Act Nov 04
• HHS announces refined survey standards to examine and help eliminate differences in care based on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, or disability Oct 31
• Health care reform review decision could come on Nov. 10 Oct 27
• Affordable Care Act to help improve care for Medicare beneficiaries Oct 24
• HHS announces new incentives for providers to work together through Accountable Care Organizations when caring for people with Medicare Oct 20
• SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Health care law in March? Oct 20
• Obama Lawyers Urge Court to Limit Scope of Health-Care Case Oct 18
• Affordable Care Act Program to Help Healthcare Professionals Improve Care for Patients and Reduce Costs in Their Communities Oct 17
• HHS announces record number of National Health Service Corps members Oct 13
• More people using free preventive benefits provided by Affordable Care Oct 06
• Obama’s healthcare law tops new Supreme Court term Oct 02
• Affordable Care Act to support quality improvement and access to primary care for more Americans Sep 29
• Supreme Court Is Asked to Rule on Health Care Sep 29
• HHS launches new Affordable Care Act initiative to strengthen primary care Sep 28
• New Affordable Care Act initiative helps create healthier communities, fight chronic disease Sep 27
• Decision on health-care law means Supreme Court will likely determine constitutionality next summer Sep 27
• Obama Health-Care Law Gets Mixed Reaction From Appeals Court Sep 24
• Reducing costs, protecting consumers: The Affordable Care Act on the one year anniversary of the Patient’s Bill of Rights Sep 23
• DOJ faces decision on next health lawsuit steps Sep 22
• HHS announces $224 million to support evidence-based home visiting programs to help parents and children Sep 22
• New data: Affordable Care Act helps one million additional young adults get health insurance Sep 21
• Over $100 Million in New Affordable Care Act Grants Help Fight Health Insurance Premium Hikes Sep 20
• HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds for organizations to become community health centers Sep 15
• 2012 Medicare Advantage premiums fall and projected enrollment rises Sep 15
• Vice President Biden announces over $2 billion in anti-waste measures at Cabinet meeting Sep 14
• New public-private sector initiative aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes in five years Sep 13
• HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to improve quality of care and electronic reporting capabilities in Beacon Communities Sep 12
• Health care law cases rejected by 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Sep 09
• HHS announces Affordable Care Act funding opportunity to create jobs by building, renovating and repairing community health centers Sep 09
• New data: Affordable Care Act delivers lower costs to more seniors with Medicare Sep 08
• State-federal review of health insurance rate increases begins, double-digit price hikes must be justified Sep 01
• HHS awards $40 million to boost public health infrastructure, prepare tomorrow’s public health workforce Aug 31
• HHS awards $137 million to states to boost prevention and public health Aug 25
• Affordable Care Act initiative to lower costs, help doctors and hospitals coordinate care Aug 23
• New Affordable Care Act Policy Helps Consumers Better Understand and Compare Benefits and Coverage Aug 17
• Analysis: Two justices may decide fate of Obama healthcare law Aug 15
• Appeals court strikes health insurance requirement Aug 12
• HHS, Treasury take new steps to help states build Affordable Insurance Exchanges Aug 12
• CMS Releases New Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration Aug 09
• HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to expand access to health care Aug 09
• Appeals court tosses health reform challenge Aug 03
• Affordable Care Act Ensures Women Receive Preventive Services at No Additional Cost Aug 01
• Justices Are Asked to Hear Challenge to Health Care Law Jul 27
• Texas, 20 Other States Support Missouri Challenge to Obama Health-Care Law Jul 20
• New Private Nonprofit Health Plans Will Increase Competition, Give Consumers and Small Businesses More Health Insurance Choice Jul 18
• HHS and states move to establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges, give Americans the same insurance choices as members of Congress Jul 11
• Affordable Care Act cuts health care red tape, saves $12 billion Jun 30
• Federal appeals court rules health care reform bill is constitutional Jun 29
• Affordable Care Act to improve data collection, reduce health disparities Jun 29
• Affordable Care Act Delivers Cheaper Prescription Drugs to Nearly 500,000 People Jun 28
• $10 Million in Affordable Care Act funds to help create workplace health programs Jun 23
• Up to $500 million in Affordable Care Act funding will help health providers improve care Jun 22
• Administration Announces New Affordable Care Act Measures to Protect Consumers and Put Patients Back in Charge of Their Care Jun 22
• More People with Medicare Receiving Free Preventive Care Jun 20
• Affordable Care Act Protects Consumers, Maintains Insurance Options, Helps Transition to New Marketplace in 2014 Jun 17
• Affordable Care Act funds to help create healthier U.S. communities Jun 16
• Obama Administration releases National Prevention Strategy Jun 16
• 26 States Challenge Health Care Law in Court Jun 08
• Approximately $40 million in Affordable Care Act funds for statewide chronic disease prevention programs Jun 07
• New Affordable Care Act support to improve care coordination for nearly 200,000 people with Medicare Jun 06
• Appeals court to hear health care overhaul lawsuit Jun 04
• Major New Effort to Give Consumers and Employers Better Information about Quality of Care Jun 03
• Obama health overhaul argued in Ohio federal court Jun 01
• Affordable Care Act Give States Tools to Improve Quality of Care in Medicaid, Save Taxpayer Dollars Jun 01
• Creating a New Competitive Marketplace: Health Insurance Exchange Establishment Grants Awards List May 23
• Affordable Care Act Gives Providers New Options to Better Coordinate Health Care May 17
• Health Care Law: 55% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 53% Believe It Will Increase Deficit May 16
• Health reform law will insure nearly all uninsured women by 2014 May 15
• $100 million in Affordable Care Act grants to help create healthier U.S. communities May 13
• Obama Health-Care Law Fight Reaches the First of Three U.S. Appeals Courts May 10
• TIMELINE-Basic provisions, timeline for U.S. health law May 10
• Heath reform: Shaping the field of nursing May 09
• States turn to work-arounds on health insurance exchanges May 03
• Administration Implements Affordable Care Act Provision to Improve Care, Lower Costs Apr 29
• CMS Proposes Small Hike in Inpatient Rehab Pay Apr 26
• Supreme Court turns down Va.’s request to expedite review of health-care law Apr 25
• U.S. Judge Dismisses Suit Challenging Obama Health Overhaul Apr 21
• Obama Panel to Curb Medicare Finds Foes in Both Parties Apr 19
• Health Care Law Headed for Supreme Court Apr 17
• Obama Signs Healthcare Tax Repeal Into Law Apr 15
• State Demonstrations to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individuals Apr 15
• Medicaid To Offer Rewards For Healthy Behavior Apr 11
• Government shutdown won’t stop health law implementation Apr 07
• Senate votes to repeal healthcare tax measure Apr 05
• Health-Care Networks Allowed to Form Under White House Cooperation Rules Mar 31
• One Year Later: Better Benefits, Better Health Mar 23
• Poll: Americans Split Over Healthcare Law Mar 22
• Obama Administration Appeals Healthcare Ruling Mar 09
• House Votes to Repeal 1099 Provision Mar 04
• Judge stays healthcare ruling, gives White House deadline Mar 04
• Four States Get Waivers to Carry Out Health Law Feb 16
• Poll: Majority disapprove of defunding health reform Feb 16
• Poll: Voters think healthcare reform will force some to drop coverage Jan 07
• Changes Wrought By Health Reform? Well, Maybe Not Jan 07