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The HHS is planning changes to improve the Medicare appeals process, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

By 2022, the global healthcare payer BPO market is expected to experience significant growth, according to a Grand View Research report.

Various medical groups are imploring CMS to postpone Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 as the "complex" system may result in penalties for providers failing to meet CMS' standards, according to MedPage Today.

Indianapolis-based Anthem's Chief Financial Officer John Gallina told 20 analysts the payer is currently working on "remediation plans," which consist of purchasing assets from Aetna, according to the New York Post.

Getting paid as an independent healthcare provider is harder than ever. Patients are paying more out of pocket and are more likely to change providers if they are unhappy. Payers under pay and deny claims every day. What's more, staff…

HHS wants to increase enrollment in plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace, with an emphasis on young adults, according to Kaiser Health News.

In the wake of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Program, going into effect April 1, 2016, it is has been made abundantly clear — bundled payments are not only here to stay, but will continue to expand their reach.…

Colorado voters will decide whether they want a universal, single-payer healthcare system when they head to the polls in November, according to Fox News.

In the first four years of the Affordable Care Act's existence, private healthcare costs rose 37 percent, Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan researchers found, according to examiner.com. The study involved analysis of 50 million Americans' private healthcare costs.

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers analyzed the financial impact of primary care "medical homes," and published their findings.