By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | October 08, 2013
Insurance companies and others say there's still enough time to fix the online enrollment system before uninsured Americans start getting coverage on Jan. 1. FULL STORY »
Seattle Children's Hospital is seeking a court order that would remove two health plans from the new state insurance exchange because the plans don't include the hospital in their provider network. FULL STORY »
In five markets around the U.S., ACOs were caring for more than half the Medicare patients in the traditional fee-for-service program and were likelier to be in areas with more provider consolidation. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 05, 2013
| Print Magazine
“They've shut down the government over an ideological crusade to deny affordable health insurance to millions of Americans.”—President Barack Obama FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 05, 2013
| Print Magazine
Last week's government shutdown shuttered national parks and furloughed more than 800,000 federal workers. But Outliers was left wondering, what about the federal mice? And don't forget the federal rats. FULL STORY »
By Steven Ross Johnson | October 05, 2013
| Print Magazine
The Obama administration's recent approval of Arkansas' alternative plan to expand healthcare coverage for low-income residents under the federal healthcare reform law bodes well for several Republican-led states looking to implement their own alternative... FULL STORY »
The market for drug therapies for rare diseases is becoming increasingly crowded with expensive new products, a Modern Healthcare review of FDA approval and company pricing data shows. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | October 05, 2013
| Print Magazine
A bipartisan House measure to repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax that helps fund the healthcare reform law has been floated as a compromise to end the federal government shutdown. Reps. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) were leading a... FULL STORY »
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