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When it comes to providing consumers with easily accessible information about physician quality, a report out Dec. 10 gave most states grades of 'D' or 'F,' often because they compile data only about primary care doctors, not specialists.

In 2012, Medicare spent close to $10 billion on Graduate Medical Education. Despite this taxpayer subsidy, very little is spent on training doctors in the nuances of caring for older people.

A federal judge in Connecticut temporarily blocked UnitedHealthcare (UHC) on Dec. 5 from dropping an estimated 2,200 physicians from its Medicare Advantage plan in that state.

Less than 30 percent of uninsured millennials queried in a new Harvard poll are planning to buy coverage in public exchanges, and a majority disapprove of the Affordable Care Act as a whole -- suggesting sustainability problems in the first year of the HIXs.

In the 70 years since employer-sponsored insurance benefits have been exempt from taxes, the revenue lost to the federal government has run in the trillions of dollars. Now, with a federal tax code rewrite possible and another looming budget battle, the Congressional Budget Office wants lawmakers to rethink that so-called tax expenditure.

The suit alleges that IPC submitted false claims to the federal healthcare programs by upcoding medical services.

It's now possible to accept payments at the point of care with a mobile device by using phone add-ons like Square -- a technology more and more physicians are considering.

Administration proposes financial fix to offset potential losses from continuing cancelled plans.

Blues in California and New Jersey are producing results by tracking measures that show they are improving quality in new models of care delivery.

Three state insurance exchanges are looking for new executive directors, amid problems with website functionality, modest turnout and contractor skirmishes.