The antitrust trial on Aetna’s proposed $37 billion acquisition of Humana began Dec. 5, with the U.S. Department of Justice beginning to make its case that the merger would reduce competition and raise prices for patients and hospitals.

The Microsoft Xbox Kinect isn't just for video games. TrainerMD, producers of HIPAA-compliant software for patients and clinicians, has paired with Styku, a software and Microsoft Accelerator company, to utilize the machine as a 3D body scanner.

Adding one Medicaid patient day in 2017 would increase a hospital’s Medicare payments by more than $300, which, when added to Medicaid dollars, makes treating Medicaid beneficiaries profitable for hospitals.

Disproportionate-share hospitals (DSHs) couldn’t cover their total costs for treating Medicaid and uninsured patients in 2011 through Medicaid payments, after accounting for taxes and fees paid to local governments.

Some insurers which have criticized the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges have made money off those plans, according to a new report from USA Today.

People with chronic diseases are often consumed with the management of their conditions, but technological advancements have allowed for people to minimize the impact of self-monitoring and decrease the constant worry associated with their health.

The nation’s highest court has agreed to take up three cases where employees of religious-affiliated hospital systems say funding and reporting requirements for pensions should be enforced.

bioLytical Laboratories, producers of rapid infectious disease test, have released its HIV self-tests in the United Kingdom. The HIV self-test is able to provide results in minutes and is over 99 percent accurate.