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This summer, insurers who want to sell plans in public exchanges for 2015 will be going through several rounds of application reviews with federal regulators before the Sept. 4 final submission deadline.

Another round of successful lobbying to avoid Medicare Advantage rate cuts has netted a small increase of 0.4 percent to the average plan, and insurers are looking at the programs continuing to grow.

With a banner of its logo draped over the New York Stock Exchange on the Friday before St. Patrick's Day, Castlight Health went public -- another sign that reducing friction and opacity in healthcare is sparking a gold rush of sorts.

As more employers seek to integrate workers' compensation into benefits packages, a range of market trends and regulations are slowing what could be a natural fit.

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Hospitals are educating their staff and reworking their processes to comply with Medicare's two-midnight rule, which will likely reduce hospital revenue by shifting patients from inpatient to outpatient status.

Enrollment under the Affordable Care Act in state and federal exchanges ended as of March 31, but Americans now eligible for Medicaid can continue to enroll throughout the year, meaning for many healthcare providers -- federally qualified health centers in particular -- enrollment efforts are ongoing.

New entrants in the healthcare market could snatch billions of dollars of revenue from traditional healthcare companies if the traditional companies do not move faster to provide services in the setting consumers want.

Catholic Health Initiatives' long-term transformation strategy has a bit of the expected -- IT investment --and the unexpected -- the creation of an insurance business.

In a challenging financial climate, hospitals of all sizes are looking for partners.