• Non-publication notice

  January 18, 2019
  

  American Health Line will not publish on Monday, Jan. 21. We will resume publication on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

• CMS just proposed changes for 2020 exchange plans. Here's what you need to know.

  January 18, 2019
  

  CMS on Thursday released proposed changes for Affordable Care Act exchange plans that the agency said are intended to lower premiums and reduce regulatory burdens, but some observers said the proposed changes could increase costs for exchange enrollees.

• Shutdown, Day 28: Health groups urge Congress, Trump to end shutdown

  January 18, 2019
  

  Hundreds of health care groups on Thursday sent letters to President Trump and Congress, warning that a "prolonged" government shutdown could have "long-lasting health consequences."

• The most (and least) burned-out physicians, according to Medscape

  January 18, 2019
  

  More than 40% of physicians—and 50% of female physicians—are burned out, though doctors in some specialties are are experiencing burnout more than others, according to Medscape's 2019 National Physicians Burnout & Depression Report. Discover who's feeling the most burned-out, and why, with American Health Line's interactive charts.

• This insurer teamed up with five health systems to launch a new value-based payment program

  January 18, 2019
  

  Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina on Tuesday announced that it has reached an agreement with five health systems in the state to launch a value-based payment program similar to Medicare's Next Generation accountable care organization program.

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• Trump might stop cost-sharing reduction payments. What would that mean?

  August 7, 2017
  

  President Trump has repeatedly threatened to halt payments that reimburse insurers for reducing out-of-pocket costs for low-income enrollees on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges. Here's what you need to know about the payments and what could happen if Trump halts them.

• Amid uncertainty on health care reform, three insurers announce exchange exits

  August 4, 2017
  

  The insurers say uncertainty surrounding the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing reduction payments are a reason for their exits from exchange markets in California, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.

• Insurers attribute proposed 2018 premium increases to ACA uncertainty, KFF finds

  August 10, 2017
  

  Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, says, "In most of the country, the [individual health insurance] market would be stable if not for significant uncertainty about what the ...Trump administration will do."

• US News names 152 'Best Hospitals'

  August 8, 2017
  

  Mayo Clinic tops U.S. News & World Report's "Honor Roll" for the second year in a row.

• ACA repeal has been declared 'dead' countless times. What would really mean it's failed?

  August 1, 2017
  

  The conventional wisdom is that under Senate rules, the GOP's effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act will be officially "dead" if it doesn't pass by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. But a former Senate parliamentarian tells American Health Line that things aren't so simple.

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