Average physician compensation in 2016 was $294,000 — but average pay for female physicians and all minority physicians fall below that benchmark, according to Medscape's 2017 Physician Compensation Report.
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Physician pay has increased for the seventh year in a row to an average annual compensation of $294,000 for full-time physicians in 2016, according to Medscape's 2017 Physician Compensation Report, which has tracked pay data for seven years.
The top executive of Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare said Republicans' "piecemeal approach" to repeal and replace the ACA will lead to a "healthcare disaster," according to a Tuesday interview on CNBC's Closing Bell.
Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota recorded continued losses in its individual market business for 2016.
Des Moines, Iowa-based Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield will leave Iowa's ACA health insurance exchange effective Jan. 1, 2018.
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A Colorado House committee OK'd a bill proposing financial assistance for residents purchasing health insurance through the ACA exchange with incomes above the limit to qualify for federal subsidies, Aspen Daily News reports.
Indianapolis-based Anthem is contemplating leaving a "high percentage" of the 144 rating regions where it sells health plans through federal and state-based exchanges established under the ACA, Reuters reports.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, R, blasted Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey as one of the "rich insurance companies" that failed to "help take care of poor, drug-addicted" residents, NJ.com reports.
Connecticut health insurance exchange officials recently decided to allow insurers to decrease the size of their provider networks next year, signaling a possible shift from broad payer-provider networks in the state, The CT Mirror reports.
Participating in a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO could potentially help physicians earn up to a 25 percent positive Medicare payment adjustment in 2018 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act's Merit-based Incentive Payment System, according to an issue…