The independent physician is an endangered species due to rapid corporate consolidation, according to a new report.
More than three-quarters of all U.S. doctors are employed by a corporate entity, be it hospitals, health insurers, private equity or some other corporate form. Healthcare Dive explains that much of the acceleration...
Two studies highlight the role of health plans in driving up out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for 2019 individual Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange enrollees, while insurers continue to file lawsuits against the federal government for unpaid cost-sharing reduction payments (CSRs).
Multiple insurers filed status reports in...Arizona News
An Avalere analysis of accountable care organizations (ACOs) found that ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accumulate more savings as their experience grows. ACOs in the program for four years or more accounted for nearly all of the $317 in savings reported in 2017.
As of 2018, over 10.5 million Medicare...Arizona News
The healthcare cost increases Americans have seen in the past few years in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual marketplace are coming to a halt as insurers get to know their risk pool.
Studies reveal premiums on the individual ACA exchange will experience less than a five percent increase, a slowdown considering in 2018...
