The Basic Health Plan (BHP) may have counterproductive results. The Basic Health Plan (BHP), a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), was created to help low-income ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed payment rules for the Basic Health Insurance Program, which would provide affordable coverage to individuals earning between 133 percent and ...

CMS issued a proposed methodology for determining federal payment amounts to states that create a Basic Health Program for 2017 and 2018. Here are four things to know about Basic Health Programs and ...

On August 24, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Final Administrative Order outlining its revised payment methodology for the 2018 Basic Health Program (BHP). Katie Keith ...

The Basic Health Program (BHP) is an alternative that the Affordable Care Act offers states to provide health care coverage to their low-income uninsured population. States that choose to participate ...

Eli Lilly warns some Medicare plans may exceed the $50 monthly cap for weight‑loss drugs under a new CMS model.

CMS has released proposed funding methodology for determining federal payment amounts for states that decide to establish Basic Health Programs in 2015 under the healthcare reform law. States can ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the final rule for the Basic Health Program (BHP), a voluntary Affordable Care Act program for states to cover low-income individuals. Enrollees who ...

Oregon aims to take advantage of a little-used provision of the Affordable Care Act that enables states to establish Basic Health Programs to cover residents who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.

Q: Will the new health care law raise Medicare’s basic monthly premium to $247 in 2014, as a viral message claims? A: No, Medicare officials project the basic premium will be less than half that. But ...