Health and wellness

Nine of 32 hospitals and health systems dropped out of a U.S. pilot program created through the Affordable Care Act to reduce medical costs by moving away from a traditional fee-for-services model, the government said.

Weighing the dilemma of a potential individual mandate delay may have consequences for brokers.

In the U.S., 70% of the blood supply comes from repeat donors, who can put themselves at risk.

Legal experts weigh in on the IRS guidance making ACA’s employer mandate delay official.

Along with tying your shoes and naming your colors, you learned to count in preschool. So, how hard can it be to count things in health data? It’s not hard, but your preschool strategies won’t give you the right answer.

Freeing companies from a U.S.- government mandate to offer employees health care is setting off a chain of events that may enlarge the pool of uninsured Americans. That may be good for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.

House Speaker John Boehner said the chamber will vote this week to delay the Affordable Care Act's requirement that most Americans carry health insurance.

Despite the ACA’s employer mandate delay, a variety of key provisions still go into effect for employers in January, 2014.

Already topping $20 billion a year, UnitedHealthcare predicts its contract reimbursements to hospitals, physicians and ancillary care providers linked to accountable care will hit $50 billion by 2017.

About 25 million Americans are projected to gain insurance under the health care law, including 13 million through the state-federal Medicaid program for the poor.

The Affordable Care Act is seen as the regulatory issue with the most pull on the workplace in the next year, with 57% saying it will have a significant impact.

Perhaps even more so than expanded coverage, the 2018 excise tax is driving plan change.

Industry insiders are beginning to find holes in the Affordable Care Act employer mandate delay announced last week by the Obama administration and U.S. Department of Treasury.

Guest blogger Linda K. Riddell reviews Cracking Health Costs by Tom Emerick and Al Lewis.

Starting next year, the health care reform act holds that a qualified individual cannot be denied coverage by a plan for related services from an approved clinical trial.

While the decision yesterday by the White House to delay this key provision in ACA was unexpected, what businesses is it really going to effect?

Benefits industry reacts to Obama administration's announcement of employer mandate delay until 2015.

Benefits industry reacts to Obama administration's announcement of employer mandate delay until 2015.

The U.S. government is set to decide this month whether federal health insurance should cover the cost of a $3,000 test that for the first time accurately identifies the signature brain plaques of Alzheimer’s disease.

In a blow to the Obama administration’s latest push to promote its new health care law, the National Football League has backed away from a request to take part in an aggressive advertising campaign.