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By Susan Morse | 05:42 pm | May 03, 2018
Both states are struggling over whether or not to broaden Medicaid programs to insure more citizens.
By Susan Morse | 03:28 pm | May 03, 2018
Pharmacy benefit manager alignments will help control the big expense of prescription drugs, Cigna and Aetna executives said in latest round of earnings calls.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 03:21 pm | May 03, 2018
Former chief executive of Calhoun-Liberty Hospital is charged with using money to pay various personal expenses like credit cards, groceries, his own business and travel, the DOJ said.
By Mike Miliard | 11:17 am | May 03, 2018
The Michigan health system, one of the largest in the U.S., says it wants to roll out a single, enterprise platform to deliver "people-centered care."
By Susan Morse | 11:07 am | May 03, 2018
Finance execs at the big payers all say the Medicare Advantage market will only get bigger, and more lucrative, as baby boomers retire and CMS adjusts payment rules.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:59 pm | May 02, 2018
U.S. investments in global health research and development from 2007 to 2015 not only created jobs but injected millions into local economies.
By Susan Morse | 04:17 pm | May 02, 2018
Lower court's decision about disproportionate share hospital payments undermines the ability HHS has to administer Medicare reimbursement, Azar says.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:08 pm | May 02, 2018
Former HHS Secretary Tom Price's statements and new research from the Commonwealth Fund suggest that the ACA provision brought more young people into the insurance pool and repealing it will trigger price increases.
By Susan Morse | 05:41 pm | May 01, 2018
The Congressional Budget Office has projected that repeal would increase premiums by 10 percent.
By Jeff Lagasse | 05:23 pm | May 01, 2018
The practice of palliative care is known to make patients more comfortable and now is proven to shorten hospital stays and lower costs.