The Birth and Increasingly Troubled Life of Medicare

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MedPageTodayat10/Medicareat50/50718?isalert=1&uun=g885344d3819R7095614u&utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news&xid=NL_breakingnews_2015-03-31

Why Low Growth in Health Costs Still Stings

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/04/08/why-low-growth-in-health-costs-still-stings/?utm_campaign=KFF%3A+Drew%27s+Columns&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16962011&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–38gNBe4tArXEi1kR4gIoGPcB2uGQndAtR9a57fX7sixUnjJtHdETi4iYn613Dneh6G2TarKm9MCTz9h8Q_rrLuRwo4Q&_hsmi=16962011

9 physicians indicted in $7M fraud scheme involving homeless patients

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/9-physicians-indicted-in-7m-fraud-scheme-involving-homeless-patients.html

Roots in the past shape a children’s hospital of the future: Q&A with the CEO of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/roots-in-the-past-shape-a-children-s-hospital-of-the-future-q-a-with-the-ceo-of-lucile-packard-children-s-hospital-stanford.html

Map: See where states stand on the Medicaid expansion

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/map-see-where-states-stand-medicaid-expansion?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojuK3NZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsNrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Map: See where states stand on the Medicaid expansion

Within three years, the Obama administration wants quality of care to be considered in allocating nine of every 10 Medicare dollars

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/medicare-penalizes-330-large-medical-groups?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojuK3NZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsNrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Out of 1,010 large medical groups that Medicare evaluated under the physician value-based payment modifier, just 14 are getting payment increases this year. But at the same time, only 11 groups will be getting reductions for low quality or high spending.