Healthcare Finance Staff

If all goes according to plan, next year many Arkansas Medicaid beneficiaries will be required to make monthly contributions to so-called Health Independence Accounts.

In the latest battle of the health reform wars, four words could bring down the Affordable Care Act's main insurance expansion policy, depending on which court interpretations gain traction.

A direct primary care company is targeting employers with a new self-funding model that could spell disruption for the third-party administrator business.

The diabetes and obesity epidemics mean more Americans may suffer from heart disease before they turn 65, challenging payers to craft better intervention models that help prevent serious cardiovascular events and increased spending on acute care.

It's a chilling reality often overlooked in annual mortality statistics: Preventable medical errors persist as the number three killer in the U.S. and the source of great waste.

After taking losses of $40 million over three years, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York is withdrawing from the Empire State's Medicaid managed care program in six of its eight counties of operations.

More and more, health insurance professionals who design consumer-driven and high deductible plans are using them personally, a trend that bodes well for their improvement.

Premiums for exchange plans in many states are set to increase anywhere from slightly to significantly, but there's new competitive pressure coming as the nation's largest insurer starts flooding markets.

After one of its worst years ever, one Blue Cross company is banking on an insider and native son to lead a comeback.

In a region dominated by one insurer and teeming with health systems, accountable care models are gaining provider acceptance but still accumulating evidence.