University of Pittsburgh Medical Center inked a deal with Hartford., Conn-based health insurer Aetna to join its Medicare Advantage network.

Health insurer Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System, both based in Pittsburgh, have tentatively agreed to a deal that would avoid a bankruptcy filing for the financially beleaguered West Penn, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.

For the new frontier of state health insurance exchanges, many major health insurers that attended the 31st annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference have announced they'll sell plans on the new online markets and blaze a trail — but they'll be…

In a political role reversal, vocal health law opponent Ohio is trying to keep 14 people under the law's protection — because the Obama administration wants them out.

Accelerating a three-year trend, spending per Medicare beneficiary rose just 0.4 percent in fiscal year 2012, far slower than the 3.4 percent increase in gross domestic product per capita, according to a report released by the HHS Office of the…

The healthcare law's health insurance exchanges still have a lot of unknowns, but executives at Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare believe those payment rates to hospitals will be on par with commercial payors, according to a Dow Jones Business News report.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission approved a final recommendation, saying hospital inpatient and outpatient Medicare payments should be increased by 1 percent in fiscal year 2014 despite the fiscal cliff agreement, according to an AHA News Now report.

Nearly every American will be required to purchase health insurance next year, but getting that message to the currently uninsured is no simple task.

Although patients know healthcare costs are rising, many do not understand why or how the increase impacts their daily lives, according to research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (pdf).

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) has agreed to expand Medicaid to more low-income residents with additional federal money available through the healthcare law, according to a report by the Santa Fe New Mexican.