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Physicians Alliance is expected to pay around $4 million to settle claims that it accepted remuneration illegally to refer patients to HMA hospitals.

Here are the states with the highest percentage of residents covered by Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Patients are becoming a significant payer for medical providers, as they take on health plans with higher deductibles, health savings accounts or self-funded healthcare payment options. As a result, practices are working with patients on payment plans and finding ways…

CNBC reported Humana may be in talks with Kindred Healthcare to acquire the acute care provider.

Drchrono partnered with inventory management company FlexScanMD to seamlessly track products. 

Enrollment into the ACA's health insurance exchanges ends Dec. 15, and despite record demand insurance signups are expected to trail 2016 numbers because of a decreased enrollment period, NPR reports.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Blue Cross Blue Shield made a clerical error last week that resulted in around 1,000 employees of Waukegan (Ill.) District 60 losing their health insurance benefits temporarily.

CareCloud released its MIPS Dashboard designed to capture and report on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System regulations from CMS.

After House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., decreed that the GOP planned on cutting Medicare spending next year, several Senate Republicans have come out against the proposal, the Washington Post reports.

After letting funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program slip Sept. 30, physicians and state officials are beginning to wonder if Congress will pass a funding resolution, NPR reports.