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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has launched an initiative using claims data to help hospitals across the state better understand their practice patterns compared with their peers, in an effort to improve patient outcomes and manage costs.

An 18-wheeler roars off into mountainous terrain with engine and transmission going full fury, but with the brakes lying on the repair shop floor. Welcome to Obamacare 2014.

A growing number of hospitals and practices are incorporating compliance into a carefully crafted strategic plan that not only reduces the risk of large penalties, but may even provide revenue opportunities.

Some Medicare Advantage plans are responding to continued payment reductions under the Affordable Care Act by decreasing the number of plans and options available in 2014.

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is withdrawing from New York's Medicaid managed care program amid steep losses.

Patient outcomes and effective changes in healthcare delivery are taking a greater role in physician executive pay in addition to financial performance. The median total compensation of physician executives increased 7 percent to $325,000 in 2013 from $305,000 two years ago.

The pharmaceutical industry's movement to regulate quasi-generic versions of specialty biologic drugs hit a roadblock in California, giving a reprieve to some health stakeholders, including CalPERS, calling for competition in the nascent "biosimilars" market.

Maine providers and payers are experimenting with medical home policies, trying to bring them statewide without a regulatory hand, as part of a state innovation model program.

A new study pinpoints which areas of the country have the most healthcare jobs and which locations and occupations are growing the fastest.

The median total compensation of physician executives increased 7 percent to $325,000 in 2013 from $305,000 two years ago, keeping pace with the salary growth rate in 2011, according to a survey from Cejka Executive Search.