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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:42 pm | January 14, 2014
In a reversal of 30 years' past practice, Medicare may start to disclose what it pays individual physicians for its services to seniors.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:41 pm | January 14, 2014
Hospitals have been acquiring physician practices and have been doing so for years, but a case resting in the hands of a federal judge in Boise is proving to be a "banner" case for these sorts of mergers and acquisitions.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:28 am | January 14, 2014
Of the 2.2 million people who have signed up for coverage on federal and state health insurance exchanges, just 24 percent are young adults, the age group most prized for the healthy balance that they can bring to the nation's risk pool to hold down premium costs.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 05:10 pm | January 13, 2014
Halfway through the first enrollment period for health insurance exchanges, the majority of Americans potentially eligible for coverage have not yet visited one of the marketplaces.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:55 pm | January 13, 2014
New York's health insurance exchange is meeting enrollment projections and attracting a diverse mix of the state's residents, while trying hard to troubleshoot any website problems or consumer complaints.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:59 pm | January 13, 2014
Medical costs in commercial plans slowed between August 2012 and August 2013, according to the S&P Healthcare Claims Indices. Spending on inpatient, outpatient, and professional fees and pharmaceuticals all decelerated.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 08:15 am | January 13, 2014
The federal government has ended the lead contract for HealthCare.gov with CGI Federal and secured a new one with Accenture.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:09 pm | January 10, 2014
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.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:07 pm | January 10, 2014
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.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:26 am | January 10, 2014
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.