Healthcare Finance Staff
A new consumer website unveiled by the California Department of Insurance hopes to help Californians better shop for healthcare based on both quality and price.
According to new data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday, the U.S. government has paid nearly $2.3 billion through July in incentives to close the coverage gap in 2015.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently ranked more than 1,500 health plans by satisfaction and service. The ranking includes private as well as government-sponsored Medicare and Medicaid plans.
Qualified health plans completed their first year of commercial risk adjustment reporting and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported the results.
Employers again are sharply focused on employee wellness, and some are raising the bar to qualify for program incentives.
As a Standard & Poor's report finds many insurers are missing the mark on their risk-adjustment predictions, a new partnership between population health management consultant Evolent Health and Health Fidelity, which develops technology to steer providers towards value-based care, aims to fill the gap.
California legislators passed a bill postponing a controversial plan that would have shifted tens of thousands of medically fragile children into Medi-Cal managed care plans.
Managed care company Molina Healthcare said it will pay $200 million for the remaining stakes in two subsidiaries of The Providence Service Corp.
The long-awaited rules from the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services further define protections included in the Affordable Care Act, particularly broadening those for transgender Americans.
Even when a natural disaster doesn't force a hospital to shut its doors, unexpected catastrophes can disrupt operations and finances.