Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP), a Medicaid managed care subsidiary of Boston-based Partners Health Care, is suspending enrollment of new members after $241 million in losses since 2014.

In 2001, when West Virginia noticed a rise in deaths due to oxycodone, the active ingredient in OxyContin painkillers, it tried requiring prior authorization for the drug. But its manufacturer, Purdue Pharma, wrecked the plan by offering rebates to a pharmacy benefits manager.

The state of Vermont is moving ahead with its first-in-the-nation all-payer model emphasizing value-based care.

The average monthly premium for the second-lowest cost silver plan on the Healthcare.gov marketplace will go up by 25 percent for 2017, according to HHS, the largest year-over-year jump in prices since the marketplace opened.

A Washington Post investigation said the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) dropped its aggressive efforts against pharmacies, physicians, distributors and manufacturers to curb opioid abuse, mostly thanks to pressure from drug companies.

The calls for a government-run insurance option on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges are being met with resistance from groups that had supported the law.

A new California law on out-of-network billing may be blocked by a lawsuit from a controversial medical association.

Ahead of the final open enrollment period of his presidency, Barack Obama made the case that the Affordable Care Act is working, but could be improved with additions like new tax credits and reviving the controversial public option.