Tom Price, MD, was a major supporter of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), both in Congress and during his short tenure as President Donald Trump’s HHS Secretary. Since he left office, Republicans zeroed out the ACA penalty for not being insured, but Price said the move will increase premiums in the law’s health insurance exchanges.

Years of gains in insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are beginning to reverse, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund which found 15.5 percent of working age adults are uninsured, an increase of about four million people since 2016.

Managed care and Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange insurer Molina Healthcare said its first quarter profits “exceed expectations” after raising premiums for its marketplace plans by about 60 percent and isn’t ruling out returning to markets in Utah and Wisconsin, where it previously offered coverage.

Median earned base-to-bonus ratio—measuring what proportion of compensation comes from incentives beyond base salary—rose for several job titles in 2017.

Wearable technology collects a significant amount of patient data, but questions remain exactly how they can impact patient outcomes, according to a blog post by Laura Joszt on the American Journal of Managed Care website.

Maine became the first state to approve Medicaid expansion at the ballot box. Despite 59 percent of voters approved of expansion, Gov. Paul LePage has taken several steps which have stalled its implementation.

Envision had sued the insurer in March, alleging UnitedHealthcare “unilaterally” negotiated payment rates and failed to add Envision physicians to its network after the acquisition of AmSurg in 2016. UnitedHealthcare argued Envision’s emergency room billing practices were “egregious,” but also said the lawsuit itself was a violation of the arbitration provision in their contract.

CMS published several of its annual proposed Medicare payment rules on Friday afternoon, covering a slew of facilities like nursing homes, hospices, inpatient rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals. As predicted, the proposed rule also included regulatory changes in line with CMS initiatives on reducing administrative burden and granting patients easier access to their own data.