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Expanding Medicaid coverage significantly increased emergency department use among previously uninsured adults in Oregon, according to a study published in Science.

Medicare is the largest buyer of hospital and physician services, and what Medicare pays alters what private insurers pay, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi and Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates have reached an agreement under which all of Health Management's hospitals in the state will be included in the insurer's network again starting Jan. 1, according to…

An audit of Maryland's Medicaid program has found the state owes the federal government more than $115.3 million after it made errors in quarterly grant award statements.

Health insurers selling policies through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces have decided to give consumers 10 extra days to pay their first premiums for plan coverage starting Jan. 1, according to America's Health Insurance Plans.

Rising medical costs have been the primary reason behind health insurance rate increases in recent years, according to an analysis conducted by The Commonwealth Fund.

The Virginia Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission held its last meeting yesterday and seems to be far from making a decision about expanding the program, according to a report from The Washington Post.

In 2013, more than 35 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare drug plans, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has reached a new contract with Florida Blue.

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, states have the option of expanding Medicaid to cover people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Expanding Medicaid has become a subject of heated debate in some states.