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Out of 1,010 large medical groups that Medicare evaluated under the physician value-based payment modifier, just 14 are getting payment increases this year. But at the same time, only 11 groups will be getting reductions for low quality or high spending.

A regional health system in the Pacific Northwest is taking a major step towards price transparency, but there are still caveats for patients managing their own healthcare costs.

A lot of health insurers still have many miles to go on the road to parity for consumers seeking mental health and substance abuse treatment, patient advocates maintain.

Like in previous months, growth in ambulatory healthcare led hiring for the sector with 19,000 jobs added in ambulatory care.

The integration moves the health systems away from fee-for-service to care that’s value based, eliminating unnecessary costs.

New evidence from Massachusetts suggests that expanded health insurance may not bring the needed benefits of reduced hospitalization, and could spur a rethinking of cost-sharing for valuable primary care.

The agency had argued that the $195 million takeover violated federal antitrust laws and greatly reduced healthcare competition in the southwest Georgia.

At least 1,000 supply-delivery robots are estimated to be in use in hospitals nationwide, and their numbers are expected to grow as hospitals face cost and staffing pressures.

As the palliative care movement grows, more and more physicians feel that so much effort is spend trying to extend life that few focus on what patients want in their last days.

Even though consumers are digging deeper to cover rising out-of-pocket medical costs, they're contributing less to health savings accounts that could help take the sting out of their expenses.