The American Insurance Association (AIA) opposes a regulation requiring the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) to approve a set-aside arrangement as a condition for approval of a workers’ compensation settlement under Maryland law.

The recession in 2009 caused a historically low growth rate for private health insurance spending and slower growth in consumer out-of-pocket spending, while federal spending grew quickly, a report showed.

In the same manner that he encouraged Congressional Democrats to pass health care reform legislation, President Obama is using a loophole to make a recess appointment to head up CMS, …  Read →

The Congressional Budget Office has revised its estimate for the cost of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, indicating that it will require at least $115 billion more over the next decade than first thought.

Like the majority of Republican governors across the nation, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has turned down a federal offer to aid in the creation of a high-risk pool program for the uninsured.

Nationally recognized workplace wellness expert Ron Z. Goetzel will head a list of speakers scheduled to participate in the Workplace Wellness Symposium, scheduled for June 8 near Baltimore.

Aetna’s marketing and enrollment of new Medicare customers will come to a halt April 21, after the discovery of compliance issues by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has awarded a contract with a New York company to provide third-party liability and cost containment services.

Just a little over a week after it suspended a prescription benefit provider for 21 states, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has terminated the company’s contract, effective immediately.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has suspended the marketing and enrollment activities of a New York-based company for not meeting the prescription drug needs of some of its members in 21 states.