Scott Rupp, chairman of a Missouri Senate committee to decide how the state will implement healthcare reform, says the state will likely pass on implementing its own health insurance exchange, according to a Missouri Net report.
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Premiums for employer-sponsored family insurance increased by 50 percent from 2003-2010, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund.
Anthony Keck, director of South Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services, will recommend this week that the state opt out of creating its own health insurance exchange, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
More than 10,000 patients of MetroWest Medical Center physicians could be forced to switch providers if physicians continue a contract impasse with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, according to a MetroWest Daily News report.
The legislative panel tasked with studying Oklahoma's response to the federal health reform law adjourned Tuesday without making a decision about whether to build a health insurance exchange, according to a Tulsa World report.
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Jay Gonzalez, secretary of administrator and finance for Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick's administration, said health programs may consume 40 percent of the state's budget in 2012, according to a Boston Herald report.
More physicians and surgeons are opting out of contracts with Medicare and private insurers, saying the system creates "too much hassle and not enough satisfaction," according to a General Surgery News report.
CMS has extended the Medicare revalidation deadline for providers and suppliers until 2015, according to an American Medical News report.
Massachusetts is still fully planning to implement the federal requirement that most Americans buy health insurance, despite the ongoing debate over the constitutionality of the mandate, according to a Boston Globe report.
First Surgical Partners, which provides non-emergency services through two ambulatory surgery centers and a general acute-care hospital, has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, according to a MarketWatch report.