More than 25 patient and consumer groups have spoken out against a new guidance issued by CMS on Tuesday that allows states to skirt patient protections mandated under the Affordable Care Act.

Researchers associated with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will have more resources to access and analyze data thanks to a new partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

As the frequency of cyberattacks increases, the cost to fix security risks is also on the rise. Successful endpoint cyberattacks cost organizations an average of $7.1 million, according to a report that analyzed the state of endpoint security.

More than 100 million individuals would be impacted by rollbacks in protections for pre-existing conditions mandated under the Affordable Care Act, according to consulting firm Avalere Health.

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., continues to see growth in enterprise imaging. Fujifilm has secured four new contracts for the implementation of various products from its comprehensive Synapse Enterprise Imaging portfolio, including Synapse 5 PACS, Synapse 3D, Synapse VNA, Synapse Mobility Enterprise Viewer and Synapse Cardiovascular.

Healthcare has been a dominant talking point for both Democrats and Republicans this midterm season, according to a recent review of political ads conducted by the Wesleyan Media Project. The issue is so prominent, in fact, that WMP has dubbed this fall’s race “the healthcare election.”

As the state of New York considers the pending $69 billion merger between retail pharmacy chain CVS Health and health insurance giant Aetna, CVS’ practices in drug pricing are coming under the microscope.

State Medicaid agencies had 1,260 data breaches in 2016, many of which were the result of misdirected communications that sometimes exposed the information of beneficiaries in letters, emails and faxes.

More than half of Americans have delayed medical care for themselves over the last 12 months because of the high cost, according to recent surveys from Earnin, a mobile technology finance service.

The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t going unnoticed, and Duke University Hospital is the latest healthcare organization using it to help treat patients. The North Carolina-based hospital recently announced its launching a new AI-system that can identify sepsis cases, according to a report by IEEE Spectrum.