The federal government extended the enrollment deadline for Healthcare.gov to Dec. 19, 2016 after a late rush of enrollees on Dec. 15, 2016, USA Today reports.
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After facing lobbyist pressure, President Barack Obama abandoned attempts to implement the Medicare Part D Drug Payment Model, which would have cut rising costs for prescription drugs, The Fiscal Times reports.
More than half of healthcare consumers say the most important factor for choosing a physician is their insurance coverage, according to a HealthMine report.
Bundled payment programs are a type of value-based care program that have become much more significant with the emergence of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. For the first time, a bundled payment program, the Comprehensive Care for Joint…
During the first six weeks of the 2017 ACA sign-up period, more than 4 million Americans signed up for coverage via HealthCare.gov, according to Chicago Tribune.
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Humana CEO Bruce Broussard told a judge that its deal with Aetna would reap success as Mr. Broussard and Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini "almost finished each other's sentences" when they first met and share similar passions, according to Hartford Courant.
U.S. health spending increased at an annual rate of 5.5 percent in October 2016, according to Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending's Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs.
Humana is helping providers prepare for value-based care through its Clinical Quality Metrics Alignment program.
The Council of Economic Advisers and HHS released a report that showed repealing the ACA would have "profound implications" for many Americans, according to The Hill.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson probed DOJ and Anthem-Cigna lawyers during the furst phase of the antitrust trial, and questioned the validity of their arguments for and against the merger, The Wall Street Journal reported.