Susan Morse
The bill is being released near the ninth anniversary of the Affordable Care being signed into law.
Blue Cross was the most named, largest insurer in 10 states in which three insurers had over 75 percent of the large group health insurance market.
CMS announces 715 acute care hospitals and 580 physician group practices remain in the bundled payments for care improvement advanced program, for a total of 1,295 Medicare providers.
America's Health Insurance Plans called on Congress to set a fixed reimbursement rate based on what insurers pay in a region.
Only 5 percent of physicians always track whether their patients are taking their drugs, survey says.
CEO Atul Gawande has hired an expert in population health and risk-based contracts to help lead clinical strategy.
MedPAC recommends removing the $1 billion in financial penalties hospitals incur each year under two incentive programs.
Former CMMI Director Patrick Conway to be CEO of both, in a non-merger to align investments and eliminate redundant costs.
Rankings show 5-and 1-star providers about equally divided as majority fall in the 2-to-4 star categories.
The pharmaceutical industry's biggest barrier? Data, of course.