Author: Linda Wilson

Critics had feared that Republican efforts to undermine the ACA would lead to large decreases in the number of people enrolled in plans sold in the individual insurance market. Source: Healthcare Dive, https://www.healthcaredive.com

Critics had feared that Republican efforts to undermine the ACA would lead to large decreases in the number of people enrolled in plans sold in the individual insurance market, though a report shows a small decrease in 2019's Q1. Source: Healthcare Dive, https://www.healthcaredive.com

Critics had feared that Republican efforts to undermine the ACA would lead to large decreases in the number of people enrolled in plans sold in the individual insurance market. Source: Healthcare Dive, https://www.healthcaredive.com

The Pacific Business Group on Health, L.A. Care Health Plan and Southwest Pediatric Transformation Network (a partnership of CHOC Children’s Hospital and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego) each led one of the three groups. Source: Healthcare Dive, https://www.healthcaredive.com

The yet-to-be-named combined nonprofit payer will serve 2.4 million members in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Source: Healthcare Dive, https://www.healthcaredive.com

The insurer said inpatient prices rose 4.5% annually from 2013 through 2017 — even though consumers' use of inpatient care dropped 5%. Source: Healthcare Dive, https://www.healthcaredive.com

As CMS and lawmakers push for price transparency, the survey from a revenue cycle management software vendor suggests consumers may not know how to evaluate different options based on price, or even be aware that prices vary. Source: Healthcare Dive, https://www.healthcaredive.com