The reported $66 billion proposal by CVS Health to buy Aetna may have been a reaction to Amazon’s anticipated entry into the pharmacy business, which could lead to a flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the sector.

One of the largest for-profit hospital operators in the U.S., Tenet Healthcare, has halted plans to sell itself after the early exit of CEO and chairman Trevor Fetter, Reuters reports.

Retail and pharmacy giant CVS in reportedly in talks to buy Aetna, one of the largest health insurers in the U.S., in a deal valued at more than $66 billion.

According to a new study from Lightning Bolt, providers of automated physician scheduling, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could save $1.6 billion annually if the organization could balance patient and physician volumes.

The most popular health plans on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s exchanges, silver-level plans, will require 34 percent higher premiums on average in 2018, according to an analysis from Avalere Health. The average hike for the second-lowest-priced silver plans, often considered the benchmark for the exchanges, will be 38 percent.

Vox reporter Sarah Kliff has asked patients to submit their emergency room bills from 2012 through 2017 for a project focused on secretive hospital prices and facility fees. This request has caught the attention of the American Hospital Association (AHA), which sent out a memo alerting its members about the project.

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have developed a machine learning tool to sort through Twitter to identify tweets illegally selling prescription opioids online, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health.

According to a study to be presented at the 2017 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium, patients prefer physicians communicate with them face-to-face with a notepad rather than being on the computer.