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The Maine Bureau of Insurance is closely monitoring Community Health Options, as the nation's only profitable co-op under the Affordable Care Act in 2014 posted a net loss of $74 million for 2015 and 2016 this month, according to information on the maine.gov website.
The percentage of drugs requiring coinsurance has climbed steadily, increasing from 35 percent in 2014 to 45 percent last year. That percentage is approaching two-thirds of all covered drugs.
Apple on Monday unwrapped the CareKit and described the new software as a framework for building apps that can empower people take a more active role in their own care.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is now searching for a new chief executive officer, having told current CEO Mike Pearson over the weekend that he is no longer in the company's long-term plans. Pearson will continue to serve as CEO and a director until his replacement is appointed.
More consumers across all demographics are using alternative sites of care, including retail health clinics, urgent care centers and telehealth, according to a new online survey by management consulting firm Oliver Wyman. And many of those consumers are having good experiences.
Each year, a large portion of healthcare spending is on services for which consumers could price-shop ahead of time, a new study finds, suggesting that price transparency is an important factor in cutting down on healthcare costs.
58 percent of hospital executives say, thanks to current challenges in the hospital and healthcare industry, substantial changes to their business models in the "near term" are a must for survival. That's a key and compelling finding in a new survey released by Prudential and conducted by the The Economist Intelligence Unit.
Despite efforts to shift provider payment away from fee-for-service and toward more risk-based alternatives, fee-for-service remains dominant -- and is growing, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
DataMotion Health has released the results of a survey it conducted during the 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, which took place last week in Las Vegas, that show Hillary Clinton as the clear frontrunner when it comes to health IT professionals, providers, executives and other industry personnel.
The healthcare sector represented the largest share of initial public offerings by deal count in 2015, says a report released Tuesday by Proskauer's Capital Markets Group.