Beth Jones Sanborn

Ten former employees of Progressive Counseling Services LLC, which is based in Virginia Beach, have been convicted and sentenced for their roles in a scheme to defraud the state's Medicaid program by submitting fake claims for mental health services, according to the Norfolk Division of the FBI.

One in three family physicians are actively pursuing a move to value-based payment and an additional 19 percent are developing the capabilities for it, a new study sponsored by Humana and conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians has found.

With just two weeks left in 2015's open enrollment period, close to 395 thousand consumers either signed up for or renewed health insurance coverage during week four November 22-28, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

CMS said by the end of next year, 85 percent of all traditional Medicare payments to quality or value and 30 percent of traditional Medicare payments should be tied to alternative payment models.

Fidelity study found doctors are also confused about how to invest and many don't have the time.

Moody's Investor Services will start factoring a healthcare providers' cybersecurity strength into their credit ratings, the agency said this week, as hackers continue to infiltrate the sector.

Women in Medicaid expansion states are far more likely to get screened for breast cancer, according to a new study by the Radiological Society of North America, which released the results at its annual meeting on Monday.