A recent survey by the Mercer consulting firm has confirmed what many already suspected: employers are anticipating an increase in the cost of health benefits due to the Affordable Care Act.

Ambiguity in Health Law Could Make Family Coverage Too Costly for Many

August 13th 2012

CMS Adds Medical Practices to Home-Care Pilot Program

August 13th 2012

Strides Said to Consider Sale of Injectable-Drugs Unit

August 9th 2012

Businesses Brace for Healthcare Cost Increase, Report Says

August 9th 2012

Growth of Private Health Insurance Exchanges Still Faces Variety of Hurdles

August 9th 2012

HHS: New Rules Will Save up to $9 Billion

August 8th 2012

Meaningful Users Shouldn't be Held to Perfection: Work Group

August 8th 2012

Puzzling Over What to Call State Insurance Exchanges

August 8th 2012

Pfizer-J&J Drop Alzheimer's Drug Studies After Failure

August 7th 2012

Study Finds 31% of Doctors Shun Medicaid

August 7th 2012

CMS Expects Medicare Prescription Premiums to Rise

August 7th 2012

Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program Aims to Improve Quality of Care

August 6th 2012

There are many different payment reform models that are discussed by payers and providers on a regular basis. This is a review of the progress being made in regards to the hospital value-based purchasing (VBP) model, which rewards acute-care hospitals with incentive payments for the quality of care they provide to patients with Medicare.

Exchange Maps Out Plan for Next Year

August 6th 2012

Coming Wave of Medicaid Patients Will Test Quality at Safety-Net Hospitals

August 6th 2012

U.S. Officials Brace for Huge Task of Operating Health Exchanges

August 6th 2012

Sanofi, Regeneron Win U.S. Approval for Cancer Medicine

August 3rd 2012

Study: Generic Drugs Have Saved US $1Trillion

August 3rd 2012

Patient Data Outage Exposes Risks of Electronic Medical Records

August 3rd 2012