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In 2016, health insurance co-ops have gained needed enrollment but half of those set up under the Affordable Care Act three years ago have failed, costing taxpayers over $1 billion, according to a Senate subcommittee which has investigated what went wrong.
While accountable care organizations piloted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services are expanding due to the government's focus on alternative payment models, ACOs run by private insurers are growing as health systems weigh the benefits of joining.
A subsidiary of Community Health Systems has acquired an 80 percent ownership interest in a joint venture entity with Indiana University Health.
Three doctors and seven other people have been charged in connection with an alleged illegal operation that authorities said distributed roughly a million pills and grossed roughly $5.7 million, the U.S. Attorney's office announced Thursday after the indictment was unsealed earlier that day.
Former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson endorsed Donald Trump on social media and during a press conference dominated by the front-runner on Friday morning in Florida.
Since 2010, more than 50 rural hospitals have closed across the country and hundreds more are in fragile financial condition. Rural populations have declined, and, in many places, those that remain are largely elderly or uninsured. At the same time, congressional budget agreements and the Affordable Care Act reduced Medicare reimbursement and subsidies for the uninsured. Many rural hospitals have been unable to withstand the revenue losses. The hospital in Fredericksburg, a town of about 10,000 deep in the heart of Texas Hill Country, could easily have faced a similar fate.
Despite efforts to shift provider payment away from fee-for-service and toward more risk-based alternatives, fee-for-service remains dominant -- and is growing, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
Isaac Kojo Anakwah Thompson, a Florida doctor who falsely diagnosed hundreds of patients as having a rare spine condition, has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and faces spending a decade in prison.
The following database lists the individual skilled nursing facilities, their total number of stays, average length of stays, total charges, Medicare payments and Medicare allowances.
DataMotion Health has released the results of a survey it conducted during the 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, which took place last week in Las Vegas, that show Hillary Clinton as the clear frontrunner when it comes to health IT professionals, providers, executives and other industry personnel.