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Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes of up to 8,000%, prompting a backlash from patients, pharmacists and now Washington lawmakers. A Senate panel met ...

Since it began three years ago, Medicare's test of accountable care hasn't asked beneficiaries who are not assigned to an accountable care organization whether they want to voluntarily enroll. That will change next year when some Pioneer ...

WellPoint CEO Joseph Swedish explains the strategy behind Anthem's new joint venture with seven Southern California health systems, which will share risk as an integrated network with a no-deductible, low-cost plan. The model is one of many ...

In his new book, Dr. Atul Gawande explores the troublesome intersection of dying and healthcare in America. Faced with their own mortality, people often choose other priorities over endless medical interventions aimed at extending their ...

An apple a day might keep the doctor away. But it also lowers their profits. From a business standpoint, doctors have had little financial incentive to promote wellness. But some changes to Medicare policies could leave local health care ...

The Obama administration wants 30% of payments for traditional Medicare benefits to be tied to alternative payment models such as accountable care organizations by the end of 2016. The administration also has set a goal of hitting 50% by ...

Several of the nation's largest health systems and insurers are joining together in a new task force with the goal of shifting 75% of their business to contracts with incentives for quality and lower-cost healthcare. The Health Care ...

In his investiture address as AHA chairman, Jonathan Perlin, M.D., called for a “rededication to the Triple Aim” of improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction), improving the health of populations and ...

With provider organizations taking on more risk as they continue to enter into the world of value-based healthcare, business intelligence (BI) and analytics become crucial elements for accountable care success. In Fredericksburg, Virginia, ...

On a wooded campus in Falls Church, Va., Inova Health System has executives in its integrated provider network and its insurance joint venture with Aetna working alongside each other on one floor of a building. It's part of the system's $27 ...