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Americans in their 80s and 90s are not the ones amassing the largest medical bills to hold off death, according to a new analysis that challenges a widely held belief about the costs of end-of-life care.

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A new study by the Brookings Institution claims physicians would earn more in Medicare reimbursements under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System mandated by MACRA legislation than with the alternative payment model.

Congress should revisit creating a public healthcare plan, President Barack Obama wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Touting the benefits of the Affordable Care Act to cover Americans who otherwise would not have healthcare plans, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday said the median deductible for marketplace coverage in 2016 is $850, down from $900 in 2015.

More than half of hospitals are not currently using revenue cycle vendors claims denials management tools, according to a new survey from Healthcare IT News sister company HIMSS Analytics, and that reality presents a large opportunity for providers to get more expedient payment.

Oregon's Health Co-op went into state receivership by court petition on Monday, according to the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation.

High-need individuals who cost the public or private sectors $50,000 or more in a single year top the list of the most expensive sources of healthcare costs, according to a study released by the American Health Policy Institute.

The federal government's risk adjustment mandate has added another financially struggling consumer oriented and operated plan to the growing list of failed government co-op's established under the Affordable Care Act.

Parents who say their children with autism are legally entitled to applied behavioral analysis -- or ABA -- treatment are butting heads with Texas officials. And without Medicaid coverage, they must either forgo the therapy or find a way to pay for individual insurance plans that help pick up the costs.