Despite the Affordable Care Act providing millions of Americans coverage since 2010, there are still a great deal of uninsured Americans. Kaiser Family Foundation recently found there are 27 million uninsured Americans. Bloomberg provides a snapshot into this population and…
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A Government Accountability Office report found failure to align quality measures across payers impeded providers' ability to develop quality improvements for value-based care models, according to RevCycle Intelligence.
CareCredit expanded to new locations and healthcare sectors.
Regulators in eight states approved premiums that were a percentage point or more than the increases that payers requested, according to USA Today.
Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard Law School's Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation filed complaints with HHS' Office for Civil Rights against seven insurers in eight states for allegedly engaging in discriminatory drug coverage practices, according to Healthcare Finance.
More health insurance companies are offering patients narrow networks to save money, with many studies showing narrow networks do not negatively impact patient access or care. However, a recent study presents different results and raises questions about narrow networks' sustainability,…
Healthcare payers are adopting value-based care arrangements at a slower pace than expected according to a survey from Premier.
On Oct. 14, HHS released the final Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act rule, which aims to help providers succeed under value-based care. While some physicians are applauding CMS' efforts, others say it may not go far enough, according to…
Anthem and Cigna were ordered on Oct. 14 to release emails between the two companies accusing each other of breaching the potential merger agreement, the Hartford Courant reports.
J.P. Morgan analysts downgraded Anthem from "neutral" to "overweight" causing a 2 percent drop in the insurers stock price, TheStreet reports.
