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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is withdrawing from New York's Medicaid managed care program amid steep losses.

Patient outcomes and effective changes in healthcare delivery are taking a greater role in physician executive pay in addition to financial performance. The median total compensation of physician executives increased 7 percent to $325,000 in 2013 from $305,000 two years ago.

The pharmaceutical industry's movement to regulate quasi-generic versions of specialty biologic drugs hit a roadblock in California, giving a reprieve to some health stakeholders, including CalPERS, calling for competition in the nascent "biosimilars" market.

Maine providers and payers are experimenting with medical home policies, trying to bring them statewide without a regulatory hand, as part of a state innovation model program.

A new study pinpoints which areas of the country have the most healthcare jobs and which locations and occupations are growing the fastest.

The median total compensation of physician executives increased 7 percent to $325,000 in 2013 from $305,000 two years ago, keeping pace with the salary growth rate in 2011, according to a survey from Cejka Executive Search.

Small businesses in California will face self-funding rules in 2014 under a new law regulating an option more and more employers have been embracing.

Decisions about facility maintenance and repair of senior care structures may have traditionally been left to facility managers but executives should be leading the way.

Aetna is piloting an ambitious new cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention program for some of its own highest-risk employees, with genetic tests and tailored lifestyle improvements.

It's been almost two weeks since Obamacare's federal insurance exchange website went live, was inundated with traffic, went weird, was taken down for maintenance, then came back online still filled with glitches. Why did such a crucial site fail at such a critical moment? And what are the lessons that can be learned?