Susan Morse

Humana stock fell by 9 percent last week and a recent report gives the merger a 50/50 chance of happening.

The Office of Rural Health Policy has announced the nine providers that will receive the first of $4 million in federal funding over the next three years.

Oregon's Health Co-op went into state receivership by court petition on Monday, according to the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Division of Financial Regulation.

Trump's plan would allow health insurers to remove costlier benefits in exchange for less expensive premiums.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed changes to how it pays doctors and other providers for primary care with a new focus on care management and behavioral health.

The hospital groups urge CMS to address what they say are several significant underlying methodological problems with the program.

The change in leadership comes as the health system continues its focus on population health, value-based care, and new payment models to create a sustainable health system for the region, according to the hospital.

The federal government's risk adjustment mandate has added another financially struggling consumer oriented and operated plan to the growing list of failed government co-op's established under the Affordable Care Act.

Proposal would eliminate any potential financial pressure clinicians may feel to over-prescribe pain medications, especially opioids.

HHS said consumers could buy fixed indemnity insurance thinking they were getting comprehensive coverage.