Under the PPACA, compliance programs that were once voluntary will become mandatory for Medicare and Medicaid providers.

The new “contraception mandate” announced by the Obama administration earlier this year have caused an uproar over moral “conscience” objections to them.

Despite the Affordable Care Act being labelled as bad for business, there is one industry segment that has definitely profited under the ACA – health insurers.

The states’ challenge to the ACA Medicaid expansion is motivated by the increasing costs the program will impose on state budgets. The challenge will still likely fail.

The increased use of legal narcotics has resulted in more overdose deaths and increased Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

CMS has finally issued its proposed rule to require manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies to report payments of $10 or more made to physicians or teaching hospitals.

Pfizer recently lost patent protection on its popular drug Lipitor. However, it is fighting to keep its market share regardless, an effort that will drive up healthcare costs.

In my last post, I discussed a few of the changes federal and state governments have made in their ongoing efforts to…

In efforts to reduce costs, federal Medicaid fraud enforcement has increased recently.

In October, Walmart announced it will no longer offer health insurance to new part-time employees who work fewer than 24 hours a week, adding to the existing Medicare burden.