Health Policy

With notable changes in Medicare underway, the American Medical Association (AMA) has unveiled a series of online tools to help physicians comply with the new Quality Payment Plan under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) that will go into effect in 2017. Read More ›

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health has released a 19-page plan to address health equity gaps for underserved Medicare beneficiaries, improve their access to care, and measure the success of this undertaking. Read More ›

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was created by the government to provide patients access to affordable medicines and services they need, “especially for the sickest among us,”¹ but from what I have uncovered, at least in cancer care, this may not be the case. Read More ›

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health has released a 19-page plan to address health equity gaps for underserved Medicare beneficiaries, improve their access to care, and measure the success of this undertaking. The CMS Equity Plan for Improving Quality in Medicare was presented in early September at the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid conference and the 30th anniversary of the “Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health.” The plan represents the first-ever equity program to be developed by CMS. Read More ›

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) created many important reforms in healthcare. Read More ›

On January 18, 2013, nearly 3 years after its initial proposed rule, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the long-awaited and much-anticipated HIPAA “omnibus” rule, extending the scope of the privacy law beyond providers to their business associates and subcontractors and adding increased penalties. Read More ›