Kaiser Health News

State will pay for its share of the expansion costs beginning in 2017 with hospital fees and a cigarette tax.

While Cleveland Clinic excels under Affordable Care Act mandates, other hospitals in the city have not.

"Up until now, our health care system -- in my humble opinion -- hasn't sufficiently linked quality … with safety," the Vice President said.

Medicare is giving bonuses to a majority of hospitals that it graded on quality, but many of those rewards will be wiped out by penalties the government has issued for other shortcomings, federal data show.

Judges to determine whether hospitals, doctors can sue over inequality in reimbursement rates.

Only four groups out of 48 that were studied in the Community-based Care Transition Program significantly cut readmissions compared with those of a control group.

Providers and patient advocates are deeply worried about a case that they say could restrict their ability across the country to seek judicial relief from low Medicaid reimbursement rates.

Firm uses software to quickly determine which employees are eligible for Medicaid, then helps those workers sign up.

The Affordable Care Act is on the move in Western states, with the governors of Utah, Wyoming and Montana all working to hammer out deals with the Obama administration to expand Medicaid in ways tailored to each state.

The bonus boosted pay rates for primary care doctors who saw Medicaid patients to the same level as they are paid by Medicare.