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Author Rosemary Gibson talks about her book, "Medicare Meltdown," which looks at the business of Medicare.

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have the potential to slow health spending growth and improve quality of care by providers, payers and other healthcare organizations operating together, but regulating them poses challenges related to competition, according to research in the August issue of Health Affairs.

Doctors acknowledge they have a role in helping to contain healthcare costs but they lack enthusiasm for cost containment achieved through changes in payment models.

Doctors acknowledge they have a role in helping to contain healthcare costs but they lack enthusiasm for cost containment achieved through changes in payment models.

True to the frenetic pace of most Affordable Care Act implementation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is on a tight, occasionally moving deadline for security development and testing of the federal data hub, according to a review by the Office of the Inspector General.

The Connecticut Insurance Department approved four insurers to sell individual and small group health plans in the state exchange, Access Health CT, and in the non-exchange market -- as two other insurers withdrew bids.

Insurers are shaping their business strategies to grow and to operate smarter ahead of the Jan. 1 go-live date for many provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Everyone uses email but doctors continue to show a reluctance to use it to communicate with patients.

A recently-released white paper suggests patients should pay a monthly subscription fee to their doctors.

In a white paper written for the Physicians Foundation, healthcare industry analyst Jeff Goldsmith argued for a subscription model in which patients would pay a monthly fee to their doctor. It's a proposal that set the foundation talking and is sure to result in strong opinions from payers, providers and patients.