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Taking a cue from workplace wellness programs, more than a dozen states are offering Medicaid beneficiaries incentive to make healthier decisions. The stakes are huge.

The stakes are huge because Medicaid enrollees are more likely to engage in unhealthy practices, such as smoking, and are less likely to get preventive care, studies show.

The country's largest insurer is expanding coverage for virtual visits, a clear sign of legitimacy for a growing part of consumer-driven medicine.

Unlike many local and state governments with steadily rising healthcare costs and a looming Cadillac tax, Houston is saving a fair amount with an accountable care network and wellness program.

Doctors argue in Journal of the American Medical Association study that measures are confusing, and create inefficiency that pushes costs higher.

If the time for precision medicine is now, could the massive databases of health and drug plan claims systems be a starting point?

The former CFO led Shelby to attest to meaningful use requirements for the 2012 reporting period, netting nearly $800,000 for the hospital under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services EHR program.

Though it's been a booming first quarter for the major for-profit health insurers, the smaller two of the big five are not booming quite as much.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it was releasing the data to provide greater transparency on what drugs were being prescribed, and by which physicians.

While the two databases use a different mix of data to crown facilities as the best when it comes to patient safety, it's interesting that so few ended up topping both lists.