Capital Finance

Vermont legislators were scheduled to vote in early March on a three-pronged bill that would set the state on a course to establish the nation's first state-sponsored single-payer health insurance system.

Six health plans -Aetna, CDPHP, Hudson Health Plan, MVP Health Care, UnitedHealthcare and Empire BlueCross Blue Shield - have provided $1.5 million in incentive payments to 236 separate primary care physicians in 11 practices that achieved patient-centered medical home recognition by the NCQA.

Decision could impact costs and quality

Bill passed by Congress awaits agreement on how to pay for it

Experts advise aggressive preparation

Congress has until the end of this year to find a permanent fix

Without question, federal court decisions mean something when it comes to the Affordable Care Act's future. But what, exactly?

Defining Best Practices to Identify and Reduce Readmission Triggers

Here's the latest reason to be depressed about the state of U.S. healthcare. It appears that the highly qualified Donald Berwick, MD, will not be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Roughly $48 billion of Medicare’s $507 billion budget in 2010 went to fraudulent or improper payments, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.