Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of up to $300 million under the Affordable Care Act to help the nation’s community health centers expand service hours, hire more medical providers, and add oral health, behavioral health, pharmacy, and vision services.[Read More…]
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Study Finds Coordinated Approach Improves Quality of Primary Care
Results Suggest Growing Support for Patient-Centered Care Management NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014 — Primary care doctors practicing in a model of coordinated, team-based care that leverages health information technology are more likely to give patients recommended preventive screening and appropriate tests than physicians working in other settings, according to research[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Uses Medicare Physician Payment Database to Shine Light on Wasteful or Unnecessary Spending
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2014. With the recent release of the Medicare physician payment database, there is more information about Medicare payment costs and trends than ever before. Having analyzed the database, experts from the Center for American Progress will release a series of briefs highlighting inefficiencies in the system through[Read More…]
New Funding Gives States and Innovators Tools and Flexibility to Implement Delivery System Reform
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 22, 2014. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced new delivery system reform efforts made possible by the Affordable Care Act that offer states and innovators tools and flexibility to transform health care. HHS announced twelve prospective recipients receiving as much as $110 million in combined[Read More…]
The Truth About the Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Premiums: Conservatives Don’t Have the Facts on Their Side
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. The Affordable Care Act, or ACA, is delivering on its promise of quality, affordable coverage for millions of Americans. As attention turns to next year’s marketplace premiums, a new report released by the Center for American Progress puts these premiums into context and warns that efforts[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Introduces Bill to Make Hospitals Safer for both Nurses and Patients
Plan expected to improve patient outcomes, reduce medical errors, and increase nurse retention WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2014. Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Registered Nurses Safe Staffing Act, which will help improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients through appropriate levels of staffing, reduction in medical errors,[Read More…]
The Health Insurance Marketplace Prepares for 2015 and Beyond
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 16, 201. By Mandy Cohen, Director, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Today, we issued a final rule promoting affordability, transparency and taking the first step toward providing additional quality related tools for consumers shopping in the Health Insurance Marketplace. We continue to be pleased with[Read More…]
Representatives Moran-Ellmers Introduce Bill to Improve Medicaid Care for Seriously Ill Children
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2014. Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat, with Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) today re-introduced legislation, H.R. 4605 (also referred to as the “Mattie and Melinda Bill,” in honor of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Melinda Lawrence), to improve health care for seriously ill children, by allowing states to[Read More…]
New HHS Data Show Quality Improvements Saved 15,000 Lives and $4 Billion in Health Spending
Hospital Readmissions Fall by 8 percent among Medicare beneficiaries Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2014. Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that new preliminary data show an overall nine percent decrease in hospital acquired conditions nationally during 2011 and 2012. National reductions in adverse drug events, falls, infections, and[Read More…]
Significant Decline in Deaths After Massachusetts’ Health Reform
Findings offer insights into population-level health effects that could occur under Affordable Care Act Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. In the first four years after Massachusetts instituted comprehensive health reform in 2006, mortality in the state decreased by 2.9% compared with similar populations in states that didn’t expand health coverage, according[Read More…]
