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The Republican's answer to Obamacare includes a proposal to set state caps on Medicaid financing, a plan that could shift costs to states, providers and beneficiaries, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report released Wednesday.

The ranks of healthcare execs and providers who see value-based payment contracts as detrimental to profits are swelling, a recent study from KPMG showed.

Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., of Humana will join the Geisinger Health System as executive vice president and chief medical officer at the end of September, Geisinger has announced.

However, Medicare Trustees said the 2028 date is 11 years longer than they projected in 2009 before the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Company has partnered with MemorialCare Health System on a customized health plan option for Boeing's 37,000 employees and their family members in southern California.

Six years after promising a plan to "repeal and replace" the federal health law, House Republicans are finally ready to deliver.

Amid early signs that insurance premiums under Obamacare might rise significantly next year, administration officials Tuesday previewed their plans to increase enrollment in the marketplaces, particularly among young adults who have been slow to sign up.

Ruling ensures patent challengers may make an appeal before a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office board, rather than to the federal court.

The United States is on track to spend $2.6 trillion less on healthcare between 2014 and 2019 compared to initial projections made right after the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Money will help provide hands-on training tailored to small practices, especially those that practice in historically under-resourced areas.