Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is not in-network with any insurer selling individual coverage on Tennessee's 2018 exchange, according to a Tennessean report.
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Cigna became the third commercial insurer to join Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance, the accountable care organization affiliated with Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas.
Acting HHS Secretary Don Wright, MD, declared public health emergencies in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi Oct. 8 after Hurricane Nate made landfall.
The 2018 open enrollment period for individuals purchasing health plans on the ACA's marketplaces begins Nov. 1. While the Kaiser Family Foundation states 49 percent of Americans get health insurance through their employers and 7 percent buy coverage on their…
Four scientists at Boston-based Harvard Medical School received honors from the National Institutes of Health High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
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Freestanding emergency departments tend to be placed in areas with higher income rather than in areas with high demand, according to a new study published in Health Affairs.
ACOs are gearing up to take on more financial risk, but most still lag in their ability to manage population health, according to a survey of ACOs published in Health Affairs.
Overweight or obese individuals carry an increased risk of 13 types of cancer that collectively account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States, according to the CDC's most recent Vital Signs report.
Numerous healthcare organizations recently shut down medical units and services to shore up finances, focus on more in demand services or improve patient care lapses.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana added Community Care Physicians in Latham, N.Y., to its value-based Medicare Advantage network.