As Humana deal looms, a fight is brewing in Washington, D.C.

http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/09/01/as-humana-deal-looms-a-fight-is-brewing-in.html?ana=e_cinci_hc&s=newsletter&ed=2015-09-01&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1441220686

A fight has been brewing all summer over insurance industry consolidation.

Three Tensions In Healthcare: Guideline Fatigue, Patient Power, End Of Life Dollars

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidshaywitz/2015/08/28/three-tensions-in-healthcare-guideline-fatigue-patient-power-end-of-life-dollars/

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Obamacare Waiver Gives States Opening For Huge Reforms. But Will They Take It?Experts don’t expect states to pursue foundational reforms at first under the ACA waiver program.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/obamacare-waiver-gives-states-opening-for-huge-reforms-but-will-they-take-it-20150818

Experts don’t expect states to pursue foundational reforms at first under the ACA waiver program.

Implementing Health Reform: Establishment Clause ACA Challenge Rejected (Updated)

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/08/16/implementing-health-reform-establishment-clause-aca-challenge-rejected/

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Transitional care poised to increase impact on health insurance

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/transitional-care-poised-to-increase-impact-on-health-insurance/403767/

Transitional care, a new Medicare billing category as of 2013, is about to see a new form of action thanks to California-based Global Transitional Care, the country’s first Medicare-approved, third-party transitional care provider dedicated exclusively to this service.