Ontario, California-based Prime Healthcare Foundation won regulatory approval on May 8 to buy Salem, New Jersey-based Memorial Hospital of Salem County—but then decided to scuttle the deal the very same day.

When gadget manufacturers introduced wireless earbuds, many consumers expressed interest in the innovation. Noah Kraft, cofounder and CEO of Doppler Labs, saw the product could expand past just playing music—he lead a team to develop smart earbuds that act as over-the-counter hearing aids.

CMS has opened up a new online tool for clinicians to check whether they should participate in the new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for 2017.

Anthem has requested more time from a Delaware court to salvage its $54 billion merger with Cigna, asking for a 60-day extension of a temporary injunction to block its would-be partner from opting out of the deal. 

In the debate over the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the Republican-sponsored plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), little has been said about its impact on hospital finances, but one Seattle hospital executive indicated it would be devastating. 

Charging patients at the list prices for procedures and services set by the hospital chargemaster isn’t allowed under contract law, according to a study published in American Journal of Managed Care.

Tuning into SpongeBob could be one method to reduce the number of anesthesia doses to children with cancer. A study, presented at the ESTRO 36 conference in Vienna, found projecting videos on the inside of a radiotherapy machine during treatment could be a less traumatic, more cost-efficient method of managing pain for these patients.

The largest health system in Illinois, Advocate Health Care, will make $200 million in cuts after revenue fell well short of what had been budgeted in the first quarter of 2017.