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Lumbar spinal stenosis affects 8 percent to 11 percent of people in the United States; by 2021, around 2.4 million Americans are expected to have spinal stenosis. The typical spinal stenosis sufferer is more than 50 years old and can…

CMS is waving some penalties associated with failure to meet physician quality reporting system requirements because of incomplete updates to the ICD-10 code sets, according to an American Academy of Family Practitioners report.

A New York Times story argues the speed of the possible ACA repeal is leaving healthcare lobbies stunned.

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation is imploring legislators to stop efforts to eliminate President Barack Obama's health law without first enacting a viable replacement plan, according to Yahoo! Finance.

During a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell maintained her support of the ACA and questioned the validity of Republicans' replacement plan, according to The Wall Street Journal.

A new report published in Health Affairs shows that market share matters when it comes to negotiating with insurance companies.

Buffalo-based BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York signed a value-based care facing agreement with Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo Business First reports.

President Barack Obama said to Vox he'd support an ACA replacement, if the Republican party can make a "demonstrably better" option, CNBC reports.

Beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage have the option to switch to CMS' Medicare through Feb. 14, 2017, according to Time Money.

Despite a rumored ACA repeal, North Carolina's governor Roy Cooper (D) formally began the process to expand the state's Medicaid program in 2018, the Minnesota StarTribune reports.