Medicare enrollees would have out-of-pocket drug costs capped at $7,500 under a proposed Senate bill that would take effect in 2018.

Change in the CIO-CISO reporting structure was the top recommendation of an August 2015 report by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz.,, fed-up with the slow pace of improvements in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ system, proposed legislation that would allow veterans to go anywhere for healthcare.

CMS announced plans to replace its current meaningful use program for physicians participating in the Medicare program.

A $269 million expansion to add a new cancer and trauma center at the University of Chicago Medical Center may be too costly and could outpace local need for more beds

A proposed overhaul of Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, MassHealth, would transition the program from fee-for-service to an accountable care organization (ACO) model by 2017 in an effort to keep costs down.

Advocate Health Care is suing Palos Community Hospital over a request for access to Advocate’s rate agreements with insurers, though Advocate had asked for and received the same information from the Palos hospital.

New standards include an 85 percent medical-loss ratio (MLR) requirement, along with changes to behavioral health coverage.