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The federal government has ended the lead contract for HealthCare.gov with CGI Federal and secured a new one with Accenture.

Hospitals in the state of Maine are bracing for an uncertain future in 2014. Maine is one of 23 states not planning on expanding Medicaid this year.

Trying to help thousands of Maryland residents who still can't enroll online, lawmakers are hoping to use the state's high risk pool plan as an emergency, short-term coverage option, while the insurance exchange's problems are fixed.

Maryland officials have reached what analysts say is an unprecedented deal to limit medical spending and abandon decades of expensively paying hospitals for each extra procedure they perform.

In the latest Medicaid waiver, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker secured a number of cost-sharing provisions and a transfer of thousands of beneficiaries to Healthcare.gov, setting the stage for other Republican governors to find an acceptable option.

Maryland officials have reached what analysts say is an unprecedented deal to limit medical spending and abandon decades of expensively paying hospitals for each extra procedure they perform. If the plan works, Maryland hospitals will be financially rewarded for keeping people out of the hospital.

Eying the growing healthcare market for global citizenry and travelers, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is helping create what may be the world's largest healthcare provider network.

A new study is adding more questions to the debate over the value of wellness programs, with mixed findings from the food and beverage conglomerate PepsiCo.

Across the U.S., hospital costs are rising while revenue and patient volume are falling. Rural not-for-profit hospitals, in particular, face a challenging financial future, one in which some facilities might close or at least "go hungry."

While certain key generic drugs will take billions in drug costs out of the healthcare system in the next 3 to 4 years, this anticipated decline in spending is masking the growth of specialty drug costs.