A $1 billion effort by the Obama administration to relieve the physician shortage in rural America by subsidizing med school debt for young physicians is running up against a problem--not in attracting docs in the first place, but keeping them there once their initial three-to-five-year commitment is up.
Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: New health plans offer lower premiums, but fewer choices: Health insurers are pushing a new breed of plans that offer reduced premiums in return for a narrower choice of doctors. That could spell trouble for President Obama, who frequently repeated the idea that […]
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.