In a report released by the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN), 43 percent of payments to health systems came from traditional fee-for-service (FFS) payment models in 2016, down from 62 percent the year before, while alternative payment models’ (APMs) share increased from 23 percent to 29 percent.

ChartWise Medical Systems,providers of computer-assisted clinical documentation improvement (CACDI) software, has announced Steven Mason as its president and COO.

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) elected new board members and saw a new president assume his role at the group’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

While supporters of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were able to keep the law from being repealed and replaced in 2017, helping people sign up for coverage while the Trump administration has made deep cuts to enrollment efforts will be more difficult.

A “C” grade was the most common for hospitals analyzed in the fall edition of the Leapfrog Group’s hospital safety grades report, the first to include results for Maryland hospitals.

Nov. 1 marks the beginning of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges’ open enrollment period. Customers can expect some sticker shock with the most popular plans’ premiums rising by an average of 34 percent. Insurers, in turn, can expect fewer customers.

The commission on combating opioid addiction and abuse set up by President Donald Trump will issue its final recommendations on Nov. 1, with a draft copy laying out policies that could affect everything from patient surveys to reimbursement for addiction treatment.

In what may be the largest fine the Rhode Island Department of Health has ever leveled against a health system, Prime Healthcare will pay $1 million for failing to get regulatory approval to convert two of its hospitals in the state into nonprofits.