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For the third year, regulators have revamped reimbursement reductions into an average increase for Medicare plans serving America's growing senior populations, though not without requiring more work and oversight.

Physicians Realty Trust said it made 9 acquisitions in the quarter, adding 23 properties to its portfolio of medical buildings.

Dallas Mavericks owner says patients need more testing, even when they aren't sick, a position medical experts say can do more harm than good.

Issue raises concerns about how well the insurance marketplaces can handle the flux.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is on the trail of all things data, with a new executive position given a charge of making sense of it all, plus some other major comings and goings.

The likes of Lowe's and Walmart are moving ahead with the providers of excellence bundled payment model, applying it to a costly surgical treatment that's being marketed to an aging workforce with a low back pain epidemic.

Ventas, a Chicago-based healthcare real estate investment trust, is set to acquire Ardent Medical Services and its Ardent Health Services affiliates for $1.75 billion in cash.

One health system is getting on the wave of health transparency and posting price estimates, although it still comes with barriers to patients shopping around for health services.

Out of 1,010 large medical groups that Medicare evaluated under the physician value-based payment modifier, just 14 are getting payment increases this year. But at the same time, only 11 groups will be getting reductions for low quality or high spending.

A regional health system in the Pacific Northwest is taking a major step towards price transparency, but there are still caveats for patients managing their own healthcare costs.