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Everyone uses email but doctors continue to show a reluctance to use it to communicate with patients.

If you think calculating the true cost of the ICD-10 transition will be easy, think again.

A recently-released white paper suggests patients should pay a monthly subscription fee to their doctors.

In a white paper written for the Physicians Foundation, healthcare industry analyst Jeff Goldsmith argued for a subscription model in which patients would pay a monthly fee to their doctor. It's a proposal that set the foundation talking and is sure to result in strong opinions from payers, providers and patients.

The provider-owned health plan trend is making a play in New York, with the North Shore-LIJ Insurance Co. Inc., offering a range of commercial insurance plans on and off the state-based health insurance exchange.

Farzad Mostashari, MD, the country's coordinator for healthcare IT, plans on retiring from his post this fall.

Farzad Mostashari, MD, the country's coordinator for healthcare IT, plans on retiring from his post this fall.

When media organizations noticed a 606-page final rule on health insurance exchanges released the day after the July 4 holiday, a section that appears to allow exchanges to use income "self-attestation" jumped out.

Despite the fact that patients are clamoring for it and health organizations see its benefits, electronic communication from primary care physicians won't become commonplace until doctors' workloads are reduced – or they get paid extra for emails and phone calls.

The apparent slowdown of the growth of healthcare spending has been noted by many in the healthcare industry, the policy world and economists. But what is causing it and how long it will last is unknown.