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Fresh off re-election, Governor Robert Bentley moved this week to name 6 groups to coordinate managed care in Medicaid, as part of a cost-saving strategy he launched in 2012. But the bigger news has been his reversal on expanding the program; as in other Southern states, hospitals have been pressing for the change to solve fiscal problems.

The employer and individual mandates, not Medicaid expansion and state-run exchanges, are what raised the ire of Republicans who gave opinions on the ACA in the most recent Kaiser poll.

In the next several weeks more than 257,000 physicians and other healthcare providers will receive notification that 1% of their pay next year will be penalized for failing to meet meaningful use, CMS announced Wednesday.

While this year's flu season is expected to be severe, the vaccine is a relatively poor match for current flu strains.

Although just 15% of the US population is enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan, these individuals are more involved in their healthcare, according to a new report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

MD Anderson and United Healthcare bring experiments with bundled payment models in cancer care to a new area: head and neck cancers.

States designing and testing healthcare payment and service delivery models to improve quality of care and lower costs will be receiving more than $665 million in funding from the government, according to HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.

Substituting telehealth services for in-person visits can generate savings of roughly $126 per commercial telehealth visit, according to a new actuarial study from the Alliance for Connected Care.

The use of medical scribes hired to enter information into electronic health records (EHRs) has increased substantially, but can pose potential risks, according to a new article in JAMA.

After 17 months, the US Surgeon General's seat will now be warmed with the Senate confirmation of Vivek Murthy as America's Surgeon General.

An attorney for the patient said this is the first lawsuit that alleges actual harm over inadequate networks, not just lack of access. California has had its share of growing pains through ACA expansion and its simultaneous expansion of managed care in its Medicaid program.

Representatives from approximately 20 health information exchanges nationally have come together to form a national consortium called the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative.

After a quieter open enrollment period, HHS officials give a final call for current customers to make changes to existing plans.

Tennessee became the latest Republican-led state to gain approval for a Medicaid expansion option when Gov Bill Haslam unveiled the Insure Tennessee plan Monday morning. There are just 20 states left that have not expanded Medicaid.

The pilot, which will has been launched for head and neck cancer patients, will include quality measures to ensure adequate patient care.

Healthcare databases may allow for greater access to real-world medical data, but they can become a risk to patients and healthcare systems if they are not considered carefully, according to a study published in Current Epidemiology Reports.

Researchers found that physicians who trained in a part of the country with higher healthcare expenditures will continue to practice that type of medicine even if they move to a region with lower spending habits.

With the immuno-oncology field getting more intense, Pfizer continues its struggle to gain a foothold in the field. Following unsuccessful attempts to bid for AstraZeneca, Pfizer has now signed a deal with a Belgian company, iTeos Therapeutics.

Should e-cigarettes be regulated he same way as cigarettes? Should marketing and sales restrictions be the same? Policy and health experts chime-in.

Just prior to the FDA guidance on the use of power morcellators, Johns Hopkins made public a new care plan for managing fibroids or hysterectomies in women over age 50 years.

Immune response boosters in oncology, approved for melanoma so far, are being evaluated in several different cancer types. While the drugs perform well, there is a definite need to identify responsive patient cohorts.

Fred Pelzman, MD, shares his woes as he navigates the "growing demands" of insurance companies to make care more patient-centric.

A study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium showed that Herceptin may not complement chemotherapy in breast tumors with a high level of immune infiltration.

Reuters has reported that Merck's Ebola vaccine trial has been temporarily halted.

Based on results presented at the ongoing San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the gene panel was found to predict the risk of disease recurrence in women who had undergone breast conservation surgery for DCIS.

The combination of (Cyramza) ramucirumab with docetaxel was today approved by the FDA for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer and in those who have been treated with platinum-based therapy.

Iowa quietly and successfully implemented a unique form of Medicaid expansion and revamped mental health services in 2014. But will budget problems unravel all the good news next year?

Actor and singer Charles Esten, whose daughter was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 2-and-a-half, shares the challenging and painful experiences of battling the disease.

Stick to pathways or use them as guidance? A physician explores.

The rule being published tomorrow not only grants same-sex spouses the right to act as medical decision-makers, but it also requires Medicare and Medicaid providers to inform patients of these rights.