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By Sydney Lupkin, Kaiser Health News | 10:31 am | August 14, 2017
Rising costs for 313 brand-name drugs lifted Medicaid's spending by as much as $3.2 billion in 2016.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 05:29 pm | August 11, 2017
Researchers used a national hospital database and evaluated almost 23 million adult hospital admissions in 162 hospitals across 44 states.
By Susan Morse | 04:52 pm | August 11, 2017
Allegheny County Employees' Retirement Fund said exits were retaliation for federal government blocking $37 billion merger with Humana.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:09 pm | August 11, 2017
Proposal was published this week in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, a journal for the American College of Emergency Physicians or ACEP.
By Susan Morse | 12:58 pm | August 11, 2017
Insurers assuming CSRs will end have factored in rate increases of an additional 2 to 23 percent, says a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 12:36 pm | August 11, 2017
Five new clinics opened in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens; per earnings call CVS Health will expand chronic disease services beyond diabetes.
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News | 11:15 am | August 11, 2017
A new Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds almost 6 in 10 people think the Republicans should work with Democrats to improve the health law.
By Susan Morse | 05:10 pm | August 10, 2017
Claims processing solution helps payers speed up dental reimbursement.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:30 pm | August 10, 2017
Survey evaluated responses from 750 group practices, with largest representation from independent practices, groups of 6 to 20 physicians.
By Kaiser Health News | 02:30 pm | August 10, 2017
The Texas physician is the president's choice for assistant secretary of health but Senate Democrats say Giroir's testimony left them skeptical that he would support women's health programs.