Health Affairs published a study finding vulnerable populations have less access to physicians participating in accountable care organizations than patients in affluent communities, according to Medscape Multispecialty.
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Employees will pay 5 percent more, on average, next year to get health insurance, a National Business Group on Health survey found, according to The Fiscal Times.
Large employers can expect healthcare costs to rise by about 6 percent in 2017, according to Kaiser Health News.
U.S. District Judge John Bates set a Dec. 5 start date for a trial over the pending Aetna-Humana merger, according to Crain's Chicago Business.
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Nebraska insurance regulators formally submitted objections to a proposed federal regulation that would impact short-term health insurance, just in time for the close of the comment period on August 9.
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Determining if an employer has to continue its employees' health insurance during a period of extended leave comes down to a variety of factors, the National Law Review reports.
Universal health insurance could mitigate disparities in health outcomes between African American and white patients, according to a new study in Annals of Surgery.
Newkirk Products, an identification card provider for payers, encountered a data breach last week, according to Healthcare Finance.
On Aug. 9, the healthcare segment increased 0.6 percent in the stock market. Stock-Callers.com analyzed the following four equities.
Medicare billing data from 2012 to 2014 revealed four of the top 10 most rapidly growing Medicare services involved new devices, based on a Wall Street Journal analysis.