The state of Minnesota needs 45,000 people to reapply for public health insurance coverages to fix incorrect data between two separate computer systems, the Minnesota Star-Tribune reports.
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A survey conducted by Aflac said 48 percent of Americans would rather talk to their ex than or walk across hot coals than select healthcare coverage, Forbes reports.
As the election inches closer, Former Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services administrator Marilyn Tavenner shared her thoughts on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's healthcare plans and spoke on the future of healthcare, Healthcare Finance News reports.
The federal government gave approval to Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin to implement a fully value-based care healthcare system, VPR reports.
HealthPayer Inteligence reports there are some in the industry who are connecting Aetna's drop out of health insurance exchanges and the Department of Justice investigation into their merger with Humana.
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More than 600,000 veterans could be without insurance in 2019 if a 19 state holdout is not resolved, NBC News reports.
The federal government has initiated broad adoption of the bundled payment methodology in the inpatient setting. However this has not been widely adopted in the ambulatory environment with commercially insured or federally insured patients.
New Jersey-based CarePoint Health is suing Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield over an alleged $76 million in unpaid claims, NJ Spotlight reports.
Cigna will expand its coverage of telemedicine and remote care in 2017, MedCity News reports.
The Mylan EpiPen saga continues after federal health regulators claimed that Mylan is "shortchanging" the government on rebates because of the way the device is incorrectly classified, CNBC reports.