Susan Morse

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's new ONMIA health alliance is under scrutiny from legislators in the state who want to delay the plan's rollout amid questions of how hospitals were chosen for the Tier 1 network.

CareDx in California is pushing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to keep the current reimbursement price for its heart transplant blood test AlloMap, or the company may have to close, according to CEO Peter Maag.

Over 385,000 providers referred products such as wheelchairs, walkers and diabetes supplies in 2013, according to CMS.

The agencies claimed the rules threatened irreparable damage to businesses that provide in-home care for seniors and the disabled.

The program decreased Medicare Part A and Part B spending compared to targets.

The health systems have signed a non-binding, 90 day letter of intent to integrate Aria into Jefferson Health, they announced Tuesday.

The new rules will ease the reporting burden for providers, support interoperability, and improve patient outcomes, according to CMS.

St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in New York has joined the Montefiore Health System in a merger expected to strengthen specialty care in New York's Hudson Valley, the system announced on Monday.

"Severe and unexpected cuts" to Medicaid payments in the Connecticut budget have stalled talks of a joint venture between Hartford HealthCare and Day Kimball Healthcare, according to Hartford HealthCare.

New Hampshire hospitals Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Elliot Health System and Frisbie Memorial Hospital are joining with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to create a new analytics company to manage the clinical data and financial data across the organization.