The obesity epidemic has become one of the largest health concerns for Americans, with 81 percent claiming it just as serious as cancer. Still, facing early death, heart disease and diabetes, most Americans are unsure of healthy, effective ways to lost weight.

Most hospitals will see an increase in their fiscal year 2017 Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group (MS-DRG) payments under CMS’s Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program.

Therap, providers of documentation and electronic billing services, has been integrated with Ohio disability providers to implement the new Flat File feature, giving providers the ability to upload 837 claims to the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities eMBS portal.

Home health agencies will receive $130 million less in Medicare reimbursements for 2017, the final year of reductions meant to recoup overpayments dating back to 2000.

Spending more means getting a better quality, right? According to a study analyzing the cost of cancer care and its outcomes shows that expensive is not always the most effective. 

Programs that help customers on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace buy insurance are being criticized by insurers as they pull out of the exchanges.

Following the doctor's orders to a T by taking medication on time is a crucial aspect of recovery, yet so many patients fail. Could it be the difference between electronic and paper prescriptions that leads to low medication adherence? That’s what researchers from the University of North Carolina set to find out.

Healthcare is on its way to achieving value-based care goals, according to a new report from HHS’s Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN).