Most of the major payment changes to the healthcare industry—those that could substantially realign incentives, reduce costs and help drive delivery system reform—are associated with various pilot projects or other initiatives that will come out of the Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to Gail R. Wilensky, PhD, senior fellow at Project HOPE, a global health education and humanitarian assistance organization.
The White House has put its John Hancock on an agreement between the FDA and the medical device industry, bringing MDUFMA III—the latest iteration of the Medical Device User Fee & Modernization Act—a leap closer to liftoff.
The White House announced the departure of Aneesh Chopra, assistant to the President and the federal government’s first chief technology officer (CTO).
President Barack Obama has asked the Supreme Court to hear a case concerning the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Department of Justice (DoJ) also filed a cert petition asking the Supreme Court to review the two-to-one decision of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit striking down the PPACA.
A June report from the
McKinsey Quarterly on how the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act will affect employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) hit the internet and created a virtual ripple right up to Pennsylvania Avenue and elicited a response from the White House itself.
