Henry Kotula

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Between 2013 and 2017, 64 rural hospitals closed due to financial distress and changing healthcare dynamics, more than twice the number in the previous five years, a new Government Accountability Office analysis shows. . GAO also looked at closures by Medicare rural hospital payment designation. Dive Brief: Hospitals across the U.S.

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ACA Times

MAY 1, 2019

Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the period of non-enforcement for certain non-compliant health policies under the Affordable Care Act through the end of 2020. 2 minute read: The U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 7, 2018

Some key findings from this study were that: The fastest-growing spending conditions between 2013 and 2014 were infectious disease, mental illness, and diabetes. The second chart indicates healthcare spending by category in billions of dollars and annual rate of growth.

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Insulin Nation

APRIL 24, 2015

Reegan Karice Oxendine was a toddler when she died in September 2013 from undiagnosed Type 1 diabetes. State legislators and insurance commissioners have the power to determine what must be covered under a policy issued by a health insurance carrier in the state. Reegan was given the diagnosis of acid reflux disease.

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ACA Times

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Geoffrey Joyce , director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics at the University of Southern California. According to AARP, the retail price for 98 specialty drugs widely used to treat chronic conditions rose dramatically between 2005 and 2013.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In 2006, Medicare Part D launched, which may have boosted consumers’ faith in Federal healthcare programs. In contrast, in 2013 the Affordable Care Act was in implementation and consumer-adoption mode, accompanied by aggressive anti-“Obamacare” campaigns in mass media.

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Insulin Nation

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In addition, it was announced that Mr. Trump has chosen Seema Verma, a private health policy consultant who worked closely with the state of Indiana, to be the head administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma, who would head the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It’s unclear how Ms.

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