Affordable Care Act payment model saves more than $384 million in two years, meets criteria for first-ever expansion

Pioneer ACO Model advances quality and value in health care Today, an independent evaluation report released by the Department of Health and Human Services showed that an innovative payment model created as a pilot project by the Affordable Care Act generated substantial

Information Is Powerful Medicine: Understanding Your HIPAA Rights

— by Leon Rodriguez, Director of the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services In December 2013, the Departments of  Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury jointly issued mental health and substance abuse parity rules that, along with the Affordable Care Act, expand mental health and

By The Numbers: the First Reporting Period of Open Enrollment

By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services Today we released our most detailed report to date about the results of the first reporting period of open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace. The numbers show that interest in the Health Insurance Marketplace