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The Office of the Insurance Commission will impose some or all of a remaining $900,000 suspended fine if the insurer does not meet compliance plan.

The platform gives providers patient data to earn incentives from risk-based contracts.

States qualify by having at least 85 percent of their Medicaid population in managed care or by reducing provider payments rates.

Strong performance partly attributed to Affordable Care Act business, which produced income for the first time in 2017.

A digital and connected strategy saves on costs, improves productivity, Brother says.

After talk of protests and fears over pending mega-merger with Catholic Health Initiatives, new contract stipulates health benefits, raises, bonuses.

In the four years since Maryland implemented a statewide system of pushing hospitals to lower admissions, such savings are adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars for the taxpayers, employers and others who ultimately pay the bills, a new report shows.

MACPAC also wants more guidance on the implementation of telehealth and weighs in on DSH payments.

Administrative and plant costs accounted for 8.4% of the 10.5% rise in expenses.

Since hospital-employed doctors tend to perform services in an outpatient setting, the trend increases costs for Medicare and patients.