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FAIR Health, a nonprofit cost transparency and health research company, has launched a free mobile app it says can help improve health insurance literacy, promote transparency in medical and dental costs, and increase healthcare engagement among Connecticut residents.

Several states now require insurers to keep directories updated at least every quarter, among other guidelines.

Nearly 20 percent of Medicare patients return to the hospital within 30 days, costing more than $26 billion annually, federal data shows.

Researchers have found that hospitals with the highest rates of readmission were actually more likely to show better mortality scores in patients treated for heart failure, COPD and stroke.

In fact, researchers said shorter stays often came with higher price tags.

Systems to focus on knowledge sharing on population health, introduction of Medicare Advantage to Lehigh Valley.

Separate study says 45 percent may be a low estimate and number could be closer to 65 percent.

Mylan said Monday it will offer a generic version of the life-saving allergy treatment following weeks of criticism over price hike.

In the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Ophthalmologist Kristin S. Held writes MACRA is not a step forward, but is "a more elaborate system of price controls."

Analysis suggests hospitals with ratings of 2, 3 or 4 were more than three times as likely to land in top 10 percent in the country.