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In the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, plans open to all federal employees and annuitants include 10 fee-for-service and PPO plans, seven HMOs, and eight high-deductible and consumer-driven plans. [4] In the FEHB program the federal government sets minimal standards that, if met by an insurance company, allows it to participate in the program.
In 2000, CMS changed the reimbursement system for outpatient care at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to include a prospective payment system for Medicaid and Medicare. [2] Under this system, health centers receive a fixed, per-visit payment for any visit by a patient with Medicaid, regardless of the length or intensity of the visit.
[287] 2.3 million of the approximately 4.6 million people aged 18–64 with undiagnosed diabetes in 2009–2010 may also have gained access to zero-cost preventative care due to section 2713 of the ACA, which prohibits cost sharing for United States Preventive Services Taskforce grade A or B recommended services, such as diabetes screenings. [287]
On March 15, 2005, six-month-old infant Sun Hudson, who had a lethal congenital malformation, was one of the first children to have care withdrawn under the Texas Futile Treatment Law. [1] [2] Doctors demonstrated in the ethics committee reviews that keeping the infant on a respirator would only delay his inevitable death. Sun died shortly ...
The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), which was recently signed into law on Jan. 5, by President Joe Biden, eliminates rules that reduce Social Security benefits for those who also get income ...
In the United States, a self-funded health plan is generally established by an employer as its own legal entity, similar to a trust.The health plan has its own assets, which, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), must be segregated from the employer's general assets.
(Reuters) -Major food companies, including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez and Coca-Cola, were hit with a new lawsuit in the U.S. on Tuesday accusing them of designing and marketing "ultra-processed" foods ...
Wendy Heipt, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in a statement that the ruling was "a significant victory for the plaintiffs, as it frees Idahoans to talk with pregnant minors about abortion health ...