Susan Morse

According to a recent Health Affairs report, federal and state marketplaces would do well to nudge consumers toward health plans that result in the best fit for the individual.

Giving exchange consumers concise information on the medical benefits and overall ratings of a health plan makes them more likely to select a higher-quality product, according to a new Health Affairs report.

The total 3.05 percent rate is less than the total 3.55 percent CMS proposed in February.

For primary care physicians, the difference is $225,000 a year for men versus $192,000 for women. For specialists, it's $242,000 versus $173,000. However, the salaries of women increased by a greater percentage than their male counterparts.

While healthcare provider directories have always been hard to maintain, new regulations can mean costly fines if insurers fail to keep accurate, up-to-date information on the physicians who are in their health plans.

Starting April 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will pay an estimated 800 hospitals across 67 metro areas bundled payments for inpatient knee and hip surgeries.

UPMC, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, will increase minimum starting salaries for entry-level positions to $15 an hour by January 2021, according to UPMC.com.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will requiring states to provide mental health and substance abuse assistance as they would any other medical services for low-income adults and children.

Mergers and consolidations should be saving hospitals money from having benefits of scale, but a new report by PwC finds this isn't the case.

EmblemHealth and Northwell Health in New York have agreed to share risk in value-based contracts, EmblemHealth announced March 25.