Regulators in 38 states last year reviewed all health insurance companies’ planned increases in premiums before the rates took effect, according to a Government Accountability Office survey that also found the reviews ranged from detailed examinations to a cursory glance at rate justifications. Read the Article>

Once provisions of the Affordable Care Act start to kick in during 2014, at least three of every 10 employers will probably stop offering health coverage, a survey released Monday shows.

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With Republicans pushing to rein in Medicaid costs, an experiment in Rhode Island is drawing the attention of some conservatives who say it has led to substantial savings without reducing care for the state’s poorest patients. Read the Article>

From the time they arrived to the moment they laid their heads on hotel pillows, the thousands of cardiologists attending this week’s Heart Rhythm Society conference have been bombarded with pitches for drugs and medical devices. Read the Article>

Anybody who's got more than one medical condition knows the drill. You go to the cardiologist with a heart problem. You go to the orthopedic surgeon if your back hurts. You find an oncologist if you need chemotherapy. They all get paid by an insurance company or the government (if you're on Medicare or Medicaid) or by you. But it's rare when all three doctors talk to each other and they almost never compare notes. You see each one of them in a kind of vacuum. And you, the patient, are left to figure out what each piece of your medical puzzle means to the other. Read the Article>

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department will conduct antitrust reviews of proposals to form networks under the new health-care law, ending for now a debate over which agency would take the lead. Read the Article>

The Obama administration proposed long-awaited regulations on Thursday encouraging doctors and hospitals to band together, coordinate care and cut costs. Read the Article>

Opinion by David Lanksy, Ph.D. Read the Article>

The 2010 health-care law encourages the development of accountable-care organizations as a way to improve care and reduce costs. So what exactly are accountable-care organizations, anyway? Read the Article>

We are facing big changes in health care -- no matter what happens with efforts to repeal the national health care reform law. That's the word from an impressive array of health care and economic experts who gathered at the end of February for the 20th Annual Health Care Forecast Conference at UC-Irvine. Read the Article>