Susan Morse

Theft of a CHCS mobile device compromised the protected health information of hundreds of nursing home residents, according to the federal agency.

Risk adjustment transfers funds from issuers with low risk to plans with high actuarial risk.

Highest paid physician types for 2015 were nuclear medicine, neurological surgery; orthopedic surgery; radiology; and nueromusculorskeletal medicine.

Gift was from John and Elaine Kanas Family Foundation.

Multi-payer model includes commercial insurers and Medicare fee-for-service.

The new company will be able to offer health plans and providers a comprehensive suite of end-to-end financial and payment solutions and technologies, according to a McKesson statement.

The new rates, initiated on January 1, are being fully implemented on July 1, CMS said.

3,300 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital have said they would go out on strike for 24 hours on Monday, causing the major Boston healthcare provider to bring in 700 nurses from an outside agency and ramp down patient operations to 60 percent capacity.

The Republican's answer to Obamacare includes a proposal to set state caps on Medicaid financing, a plan that could shift costs to states, providers and beneficiaries, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report released Wednesday.

Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., of Humana will join the Geisinger Health System as executive vice president and chief medical officer at the end of September, Geisinger has announced.