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The health law temporarily paid doctors more to handle the expected influx of patients when states expanded their Medicaid programs and some states are continuing that program because they find it has helped attract providers to the program.
Some consumers who face a 2014 tax bill can make adjustments to improve their liability.
The announcement is an effort to give employers more guidance on how to implement the programs promoted by the federal health law without overstepping the Americans With Disabilities Act.
The ratings, posted on Medicare’s website Thursday, rank hospitals based on patient reviews.
High deductible health insurance plans and soaring drug costs make cancer a tremendous financial burden for many patients.
Dense breasts make mammograms harder to read. As more states pass laws requiring that women be told of the risks, debate is growing about whether such warnings are helpful — or even harmful.
A rare bipartisan effort will scrap the troubled physician payment formula and transition to a system focused on new quality measures.
Two years after the marathon bombing, Martha and Alvaro Galvis still suffer from physical wounds and emotional pain.
HHS auditors recommend Missouri repay more than $34 million to the federal government, but state officials dispute the findings.
The American Lung Association study finds that few insurers fully cover all seven FDA-approved devices to help smokers quit the habit, but insurers dispute the findings.
Dr. Robert Wachter says medicine’s move to a computer age can improve care but patients still face serious challenges in adapting to the new technology and the prospect of overcoming a fragmented health system.
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget plan to reduce funds for psychiatry, housing programs for the homeless and care coordinators for the mentally ill could send people to hospitals, nursing homes and jails where treatment costs are higher, providers say.
Hospitals are relocating to more affluent communities to attract better-paying patients, but critics say they abandon the poor.
The bill picked up two more Republican votes in the state House and has the support of the governor.
The research by Avelere Health shows that the exchange the federal government runs in three dozen states had a higher percentage of new and returning enrollees than the other marketplaces run by individual states.
Through LiveHealth Online, Missouri’s largest insurer allows members to connect to doctors around the country from their computer, tablet or phone.
A new coalition of insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and provider and consumer advocacy groups launched an initiative to make more information available to consumers about the actual costs of health services.
The American Medical Association is funding experiments at universities around the country to try to change how we train physicians.
The state Senate health committee passed the bill after a debate that drew several hundred protesters to Sacramento.
A crucial vote Thursday could make Montana the 29th state to opt into the health law’s Medicaid expansion.
