Early observations from several Medicaid expansion initiatives suggests states that expand eligibility this year will see a gradual increase in enrollment, with the first enrollees in comparatively poor health, according to a Health Affairs study.
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Catholic Health Initiatives, based in Englewood, Colo., is reportedly in the process of buying QualChoice, a health insurer in Little Rock, Ark., according to an Arkansas Business report.
Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., hopes to finalize the details of a new agreement with health insurer UnitedHealthcare within a couple of weeks, according to a Marin Independent Journal report.
Hospitals and health systems in the U.S. have been facing a new challenge lately: taking on risk. Many organizations are taking on risk through new contracts with payers, but others are taking risk-baring to another level: becoming a provider-sponsored health…
More than 100,000 people deemed eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program through HealthCare.gov still remain unenrolled in those programs because of technical issues with the site, according to a report from The Washington Post.
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The rollout of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has increased interest in the composition of the health insurance market, including nongroup or individual coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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.