Medicare's Ambulatory Specialty Model scores specialists one by one on episode costs and quality, with no group average to absorb a weak result.

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Indiana and Michigan are among the states that have released details about new rules for Medicaid coverage.

An eHealth open enrollment survey also found 58% of insured adults delayed care over costs, and two-thirds of those who used AI for medical advice say it was sometimes wrong.

The Kirksville center's grant arrives weeks before maternity care billing splits into separate services Jan. 1.

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In three online experiments, adults who would have to pay for a procedure out of pocket were less likely to schedule it, and the anxiety the cost caused raised the pain they expected.