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Aetna, however, said many insurers have been forced to leave the exchanges due to what it called the instability of the marketplace.
Younger physicians tend to prefer larger practices, while older physicians in smaller practices are gradually retiring out of the workforce.
Officials expect the move to enhance healthcare quality and cost effectiveness.
About 71 percent of non-acute care and 50 percent of acute care respondents pointed to a lack of financial resources to shore up their systems.
Clinics like those at CVS and Walmart move toward more population health and chronic disease management services.
FAIR Health, a nonprofit cost transparency and health research company, has launched a free mobile app it says can help improve health insurance literacy, promote transparency in medical and dental costs, and increase healthcare engagement among Connecticut residents.
Top reason for using advanced analytics, especially within pop health programs, is enabling interventions that prevent health declines, study says.
Several states now require insurers to keep directories updated at least every quarter, among other guidelines.
As of July 1, the FDA had 4,036 generic drug applications awaiting approval; median time it takes for the FDA to approve a generic is now 47 months.
Nearly 20 percent of Medicare patients return to the hospital within 30 days, costing more than $26 billion annually, federal data shows.