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Empowering consumers to manage their own health is critical...The healthcare industry is more consumer-centered than ever, and hospital and health system leaders must strategize accordingly,...transition to value-based healthcare is one of the industry's top priorities,... providers must engage consumers to empower them to manage their own health..

Policymakers in Medicaid expansion states likely will try to wring some cash from hospitals starting in 2017 when the federal government no longer pays the full tab… Higher-than-expected enrollment means expansion states will be on the hook for hundreds of millions more than…anticipated.. assessment fees already being collected by many states..

Medicare program’s trust fund for hospital care will run out of money in 2030…same…as...their previous estimate,...Washington would only be able to partially cover its obligations…trustees urged…politicians to enact new laws to keep that from happening… Social Security would be able to pay about 81 percent of disability benefits starting in "late 2016,"

As part of a push to bring more novel excipients to market,International Pharmaceutical Excipient Council of the Americas is calling on the FDA to create a new regulatory review process that could relieve some of the uncertainty..of new excipients....new review process could be a boon for relieve some of the uncertainty..

Only a handful have finalized premiums for the coming year...Some analysts who have looked at health insurers' proposed premiums for next year predict major increases for policies sold on state and federal health exchanges. Others say it's too soon to tell. One thing is clear: There's a battle brewing behind the scenes to keep plans affordable for consumers.

Federal and state costs associated with…Medicaid expansion are proving higher than previously estimated,...".. average benefit costs of newly eligible adult enrollees are expected to have been substantially greater than those for non-newly eligible adult enrollees.," typically reflects deferred utilization—people who can't afford healthcare can now access care and use it,"

A group…leading cancer experts have developed a list of proposals designed to reduce the cost of cancer drugs,… recommendations...call for a new regulatory body that would help set prices once drugs win approval by the FDA...urging cancer specialist groups to consider cost when making treatment recommendations… want lawmakers to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices...

Propeller Health has received FDA clearance to sell two new devices to help chronic respiratory disease patients track their medication usage and better follow their recommended treatment regimens...individualized feedback for patients and their caregivers..

investigators said…that thousands of doctors and other health care providers had signed up to bill Medicare using "questionable addresses" like mailbox rental stores, vacant lots and a fast-food restaurant… use of invalid addresses is "an indicator of potential fraud,"… Medicare officials said they had revoked billing privileges for almost 28,000 providers and suppliers in the last few years.

Angarita’s life has been consumed with searching for vitamins, calcium, diapers and medicines.. widespread shortages… Currency controls and flailing local production have fueled worsening scarcities… selling price-controlled goods…on the local black market, leaving less on shelves… shortages in the health sector.. hospitals are…forced to turn away patients due to lack of everything...About 7 in 10 drugs are currently unavailable…