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Vulnerable communities need legal assistance to improve their health. The best way to do that could be through medical-legal partnerships: joint efforts between lawyers and healthcare providers.

Another anti-regulation justice on the nation’s highest court threatens laws that promote health equity, a panel of legal experts said at the Public Health Law Conference. Experts pointed to potential legal decisions around the ACA and Medicaid as caus…

Should they manage to retake the House, Democrats want to launch an investigation of the Trump administration’s health policy. Plus, GOP senators are asking the CBO to re-estimate ACA figures using a new model and other news from the health payer world.

There’s a big problem with advanced alternative payment models (APMs): There aren’t enough of them.

The federal government has made it a top priority to decrease the regulatory burden on physician practices. But just what are the regulatory issues that medical groups see as most burdensome?

Providers participating in a bundled payment model for cancer care may perform better based on the type of cancer they’re treating, according to a new report. 

Humana’s Medicare Advantage HMO base in southern California will be able to spend more time with providers and receive more robust preventive care as a result of a collaboration with Heritage, the insurer said.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the agency is looking at site-neutral payments “across the board,” adding that she is “very interested” in exploring the post-acute space where payment differentials are quite large.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the agency is looking at site-neutral payments “across the board,” adding that she is “very interested” in exploring the post-acute space where payment differentials are quite large.

CEOs from more than 700 hospitals sent a letter to Congressional leaders, calling on them to protect the 340B drug discount program.