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Insurers see the payments as one of the stabilizing factors in offering individual coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Forming even informal arrangements with Area Agencies on Aging can help a hospital's bottom line by keeping 30-day readmission rates down and reduce avoidable nursing home usage as part of population health management programs.

The agency's Innovation Center said the new Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model is the first advanced APM that would qualify under MACRA.

Officials aim to improve the number of processed claims by 300 percent this month and by 600 percent in April as part of mission to bolster VA system.

The proposed rule would enable employers to establish association health plans designed to increase competition and reduce premium costs.

The provider and insurer forged a multi-year partnership to serve United and Medicare Advantage members in southwest Ohio.

The companies will also build a new managed services organization called True Health New Mexico.

Eligible clinicians are encouraged to log-in early and often to familiarize themselves with the system.

State markets are in charge of their own marketing and enrollment assistance programs, so are somewhat immune from Trump administration actions to undermine enrollment.

After failed merger with Humana, Aetna would need to convince feds that the merger is more than two industry behemoths coming together.