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Cigna's leaders thought the deal was rife with corporate governance problems and lacked security in the face of Anthem's own uncertainties.

According to iVantage, these hospitals excel at managing risk, achieving high quality, outcomes and patient satisfaction while running on lower reimbursements and charges than their peers.

Healthcare Finance staff Susan Morse, Richard Pizzi and Henry Powderly are reporting live from the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2015 Annual National Institute in Orlando, Florida this week. Follow our live updates.

CBO projected that a repeal would increase the federal deficit by $353 billion over 10 years because of higher direct federal spending on health programs such as Medicare and lower revenues.

All 17 participating practices improved quality in at least three of the six quality measures for the demonstration in the first performance year, and four met all six quality measures.

California health officials failed to ensure that more than 9 million residents enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans had access to doctors when they needed them, the state auditor said in a stinging report.

But spending on community programs still a small slice of the tax savings these health systems receive.

Fallon Health is departing from Massachusetts' Medicare-Medicaid managed care program, another sign that the sought-after benefits and savings will be hard to achieve.

A bipartisan group of House and Senate legislators introduced bills last week that would require health plans to cover the growing number of oral chemotherapy pills as favorably as they do intravenous chemotherapy.

Conspiracy to commit health care fraud, violations of the anti-kickback statutes, money laundering and aggravated identity theft among charges that resulted in several healthcare providers being suspended.