The Rural Health Project released its report "Medicaid in Small Towns and Rural America," documenting medical utilization rates throughout America.
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A study commissioned by Quest Diagnostics and Inovalon found many physicians lack the tools necessary to support value-based care and EHRs are not giving physicians the data they need.
Anthem will stop offering policies through Ohio's ACA exchanges in 2018, The New York Times reports.
Premier Health and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio have partnered to offer value-based care in Miami Valley, Ohio.
As the deadline for payers to enroll into the ACA approaches, The Hill reports that these five places will be most impacted by payers leaving the ACA.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that any payer leaving the state's health insurance exchange would be barred from participating in the state's Medicaid program, New York Upstate reports.
Many Americans support the government providing funds to Medicaid expansion states, a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll found.
Despite the industry emphasizing the need to tie payments to value, fee-for-service is still the name of the game, according to a Merritt Hawkins survey, Medscape reports.
The California Senate passed the universal healthcare plan in a 23 to 14 vote, according to The Mercury News.
Tampa, Fla.-based Freedom Health agreed to pay $31.6 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act, Insurance News Net reports.
