Rebecca Pifer

The value-based care pilot will be replaced by ACO LEAD, a new model that providers and analysts say seems to address many of the problems posed by its predecessor.

On Friday, the healthcare behemoth released results of three highly anticipated external reviews that drilled down on a number of areas for improvement.

Two proposed rules released Monday would pare back government guardrails around health information technology software, including some put forward by the Biden administration.

The expanded tax credits are officially dead after lawmakers failed to secure an extension before the end-of-year deadline. There's still a chance they could come back in 2026.

A Maine district court temporarily enjoined the pilot, which was set to take effect on Jan. 1, from kicking in. Still, the controversial payment experiment isn't dead in the water.

RWJBarnabas Health has signed a definitive agreement that would absorb Englewood Health — which operates one of the last independent hospitals in the state — into the larger system.

The change runs counter to the company’s broader efforts to pare back red tape for physicians amid widespread discontent with health insurers.

The House voted 230-196 to extend the financial assistance, which lapsed on Dec. 31, for three years. The measure is not expected to pass the Senate.

David Marin will become president and chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association effective Jan. 30.

The physician lobby surveyed 64 medical societies and found that most of them were worried about nurses, physician assistants and other practitioners getting more freedom to provide care this year.