Medicare's hospital insurance fund will be depleted by 2026, according to new estimates.
The insurer's contribution to a $4 billion buyout of Kindred Healthcare furthers its cost-saving strategy of keeping patients out of the hospital.
Self-funded employers can significantly reduce their health-care spending through alternative payment arrangements for health-care services.
Analysts at Deerfield Capital allegedly used tips from a government employee in advance of announcements on Medicare reimbursement rates.
The days of a total tax exclusion for employer-sponsored insurance may be numbered.
The insurers cited the Jan. 23 ruling in which a federal judge found the deal would substantially reduce competition in the Medicare Advantage market.
The 420-employer National Business Group on Health recommends public-policy changes relating to the proliferating category of specialty drugs.
The deal would substantially reduce competition in the Medicare Advantage market, a judge says in upholding the DoJ's antitrust lawsuit.
The health-care reform law has contributed to the lower projections for the next four years, but so has a slow-growing economy.
The end-of-life care provider has until April 30 to complete the sale of its money-losing operations in seven states.
Patients "are entitled to receive care that is dictated by their clinical needs rather than the fiscal interests of healthcare providers," said the DoJ.
The increases are still high, though, and they're accelerating globally.
