This Week's Healthcare Online News
Modern Healthcare.com
New healthcare rights, thanks to DOMA ruling
June,26,2013
by+Joe Carlson
The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling this morning striking down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act is expected to have a major impact on health coverage and other benefits for legally married same-sex partners of federal employees and members of the military, as well as on tax treatment for private health coverage.
The law had barred the government from treating same-sex partners as married, raising the cost of healthcare for same-sex couples and denying them eligibility for federally guaranteed rights such as medical and family leave, and, in some cases, Medicare eligibility.
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Fierce Health Payer
Health savings account enrollment on the rise
June,28,2013
by:+Dina Overland
Enrollment in health savings accounts (HSA) has grown to roughly 15.5 million people--an increase of almost 15 percent from last year, according to a new census report from America's Health Insurance Plans.
What's more, AHIP found HSA enrollment has more than tripled in the last six years. The biggest membership increase--from 7.9 million in January 2012 to 9.6 million this January--occurred in the large group market, which has almost 70 percent of all HSA enrollment in 2013, up from 59 percent in 2012.
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Health Data Management
New Support for National Health Information Exchange
June,19,2013
By:+Joseph Goedert
In the fall of 2012, the work done by the federally funded Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange transitioned to a public-private initiative called eHealth Exchange.
Now, nine organizations or vendors are the founders of Healtheway, a not-for-profit organization that will operationally support eHealth Exchange. The founders are the American Medical Association, Epic Systems Corp., Informatics Corp. of America, Kaiser Permanente, MedVirginia, Mirth Corp., New York eHealth Collaborative, Orion Health and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.
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Modern Healthcare.com
Walgreen, CVS expand further into retail health with clinics
June,28,2013
by:+Ashok Selvam
Rival drugstore chains continued this week to expand their footprints in retail health with retail clinics. Walgreen Co. announced a new clinic adjacent to Johns Hopkins East Baltimore medical campus, while CVS Caremark Corp. announced a partnership with Parkridge Health System to run seven clinics near Chattanooga, Tenn. These moves are indicative of the continued push by retailers into healthcare, buoyed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
CVS also announced the opening of two clinics in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley. Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS plans to open 150 clinics this year. Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen operates clinics in 20 states, including the nation's capital.
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