President Donald Trump's administration wants CMS to use its vast buying power to force pharmaceutical companies to lower their drug prices, NPR reports.
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A bill to shut down the state of Colorado's ACA exchange cleared the state Senate Finance Committee with a three-to-two vote, The Denver Post reports.
MeridianCare and Oak Street Health, both based in Chicago, entered into a value-based partnership.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana reported a rise in profits and a drop in revenues for its fourth quarter.
Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Avalere Health released research on the potential effect block grants or per capita caps could have on Medicaid.
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Healthcare spending has slowed, according to a report from the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker, nearly matching economic growth.
Capital Split-Dollar Plan® (CSD) has been available for over 25 years and is based on solid, "black letter" tax law.
The Trump administration reported that 9.2 million Americans obtained coverage on HealthCare.gov this year, The Hill reports.
CMS postponed the meaningful use deadline for physicians from Feb. 28, 2017 to March 13, 2017, Medscape reports.
UC San Diego researchers found current diagnostic coding trends for patient risk scores will cause Medicare to overpay Medicare Advantage plans through 2026 by an estimated $200 billion.