Despite concern that the healthcare reform law would dampen Medicare Advantage enrollment, the opposite has happened so far, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. FULL STORY »
Executives at large healthcare associations made healthy financial gains in 2011 as the industry continued to grapple with the transition and uncertainty of health reform. FULL STORY »
Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union. FULL STORY »
If HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was calling health execs seeking donations, she didn't ask some of the largest not-for-profit hospital systems or their national trade group. She didn't need to. FULL STORY »
Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., and Florida Blue, Florida's Blue Cross and Blue Shield company, will form an accountable care organization to serve patients in Brevard County, Fla. FULL STORY »
In a rare case, a Los Angeles jury awarded $3.8 million in compensatory damages to a Porter Ranch, Calif., doctor who contended insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross retaliated against him for being a strong patient advocate. FULL STORY »
In Florida, one wellness program that offered smokers a financial incentive to get help to quit drew just two participants in five years. And in Pennsylvania, patients in a cash lottery were eligible for prizes when they took medication as scheduled. Patients reported a sharp drop—to a mean... FULL STORY »
The U.S. Justice Department closed its widely watched antitrust case against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, but the government is expected to continue scrutinizing how insurers use controversial “most-favored nation” pricing contracts in other states. FULL STORY »
Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services, the state's administrator of federal health information exchange grant funding under the stimulus law, has announced that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan has become the first health plan in the state to join as a qualified data-sharing... FULL STORY »
The Justice Department has closed its case against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, but the government is expected to stay active in examining “most-favored-nation” contracts. FULL STORY »
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