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By Susan Morse | 09:25 pm | March 13, 2015
Vague statement by Joint Committee claims lawmakers are working on a replacement, though no details are released.
By Henry Powderly | 04:50 pm | March 13, 2015
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of healthcare spending was $3.16 trillion last month compared to a rate of $3.15 trillion in December 2014.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 02:08 pm | March 13, 2015
Despite a proliferation of digital health companies, payers, providers and patients have many unmet needs. The Pacific Northwest's oldest insurer is trying to help find new ideas, outside the industry.
By Susan Morse | 11:57 am | March 13, 2015
If Congress doesn’t act, starting on April 1, physicians who accept Medicare would get a 21.2 percent pay cut.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:30 am | March 13, 2015
With two-thirds of Massachusetts healthcare still paid via fee-for-service, the state's largest insurer wants to ply its HMO-grown variety of accountable care in PPOs. It's sure to challenge providers.
By Henry Powderly | 10:51 am | March 13, 2015
Allergen said it will use the money to fund its upcoming clinical trial of a treatment that uses peanut protein to treat people with peanut allergies.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:12 am | March 13, 2015
Too many consumers have learned the hard way that their credit rating can be tarnished by medical bills they may not owe or when disputes delay insurer payment.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:57 am | March 13, 2015
The agencies say they will establish a 180-day waiting period before medical debt is added to someone's credit report.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 06:15 pm | March 12, 2015
The company that defined health insurance e-commerce is struggling in the new market, despite an attempt to sell subsidized health plans, and is now looking to Medicare.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 05:36 pm | March 12, 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services is being urged to add another qualifying event to the list of ways people can buy an exchange plan in a "special enrollment period."