Susan Morse

The joint enterprise has been successful beyond anyone's expectations, according to Russ Mohawk, president and CEO of Health Plans and Population Health Services for the Inova Health System.

Disruptive innovation and the consumer experience are two themes that are emerging for this year's America's Health Insurance Plans Institute & Expo opening Wednesday in Las Vegas.

CMS is awarding $10 million over the next three years to organizations that will help clinicians transition to the new quality payment system outlined under MACRA.

First major restructuring since 2003 changes dues and governance.

The Carolinas Healthcare system on Thursday was slapped with an antitrust suit by the state of North Carolina alleging that the system's Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority used its large size to exert market power in dealing with commercial health insurers and to negotiate higher reimbursement rates for treating insured patients.

The Consortium of Independent Physician Associations has formed a new Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization for Michigan and Ohio physicians.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily suspended its review of short stay patient claims to give reviewers time to improve the standardization around the two midnight rule, CMS said in a June 6 update.

In a new rule issued Wednesday, CMS is shutting down loopholes that allow short-term plans to operate outside the policies governing the ACA's single risk pool.

Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center, which operates in a depressed section of southern Los Angeles, has filed for bankruptcy.

CMS has seen no adverse health outcomes due to the new fee schedule.