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You almost feel sorry for Target. The breach of up to 110 million records -- theoretically 34 percent of the U.S. population -- is the stuff of unfortunate legend.

A newly released update to the landmark 2008 Nachimson study says two-thirds of practices would fall in the upper range of implementation cost projections.

For the second time in two months, Congress has turned to an extension of Medicare sequestration as a funding mechanism -- a troubling new trend for Medicare providers.

Young adults were a rising portion of those who signed up for coverage in January, accounting for 27 percent of enrollees compared to 24 percent in the previous three months, in the latest report on insurance exchange enrollment.

Optum Labs, the research center founded by UnitedHealth and Mayo Clinic, has added seven new health organizations, which will join in on data mining research to find innovative ways to improve quality and reduce costs.

National healthcare expenditures grew at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in 2013, according to an analysis by the Altarum Institute. This is the fifth consecutive year of spending growth in the 4 percent vicinity.

Researchers have found that a value-based insurance design test increased medication adherence, but it failed to be cost neutral, suggesting that the business case for VBID may be more convincing over several years or with higher risk patients.

Amid Medicaid expansion and a coming state capitated payment system, a Chicago non-profit health plan created by providers two decades ago is expanding its network and eying growth for the next decade.

Mid-size businesses with 50 to 99 employees will have another year – until 2016 – to provide health insurance to their full-time workers, the second delay associated with the employer mandate by the Obama Administration.

Bernard Tyson, Kaiser Permanente's new CEO and chairman, came to his new roles at the start of what most say will be a challenging year as healthcare reform gears up.