Outside of Social Security, no other domestic program has been scrutinized as much as Medicare as of late.

Beginning in July, the agency that administers Florida's managed care Medicaid program announced it plans to implement diagnosis-related group payments for hospital stays.

Boston Children's Hospital and biotechnology firm Life Technologies have launched Claritas Genomics, a for-profit joint venture that will look to develop new genomics-based healthcare solutions.

In his state of the state address, Idaho Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter (R) announced he would not expand his state's Medicaid program to more people using additional money that would be made available under the federal healthcare reform law,…

Since Congress eliminated funding for programs like non-profit health insurance CO-OP Remedy Indiana in a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, the organization is hoping Indiana's health systems will partner and fund the project instead of the federal government, according…

New Jersey's largest non-profit integrated health system, Barnabas Health, announced it had signed a multiyear deal with health insurer Aetna that took effect Jan. 1.

Meeting Connecticut's deadline last Friday, five health plans submitted letters of intent claiming they will sell policies through the state's health insurance exchange when it goes live this fall, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.

This week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will vote on payment recommendations for fiscal year 2014, and the American Hospital Association has told the federal body that positive updates to both hospital inpatient and outpatient payments are "absolutely essential."

ICD-10 has been shrouded in myths since the coding system first came to fruition several years ago, and in an article at ICD10monitor, Thomas Ormondroyd, vice president of Precyse Learning Solutions, dispelled three of the prominent myths.

Ascension Health Ventures, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, has officially closed on a $225 million venture capital fund — the third such fund the group has finalized.