The fourth year of open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance marketplaces could see a “significant slowdown” in how many people purchase coverage, according to an analysis from Standard and Poor’s.

Striking nurses at five Alliana Health hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have approved a new contract, ending a walkout that lasted a combined 44 days between two separate strikes.

Clinical genomic company PierianDx is acquiring Tute Genomics, a software company based in Provo, Utah, as part of its goal to expand and improve its business.

Genomic Health has completed testing of its Oncotype SEQ Liquid Select, showing the liquid biopsy mutation panel to be sensitive, specific and reproducible.

Hospital spending on inpatient drugs went up by an average of 38.7 percent per admission and 23.7 percent annually between 2013 and 2015, according to a study from the American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals.

Everyone has checked symptoms online, using websites such as WebMD, to help diagnose themselves, but are these kinds of computer diagnostics accurate—or at least better than an actual physician? Harvard Medical School student Hannah L. Semigran with researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Human Diagnosis Project have good news for doctors.

Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, is circulating a letter among members of his party calling for a lawsuit against HHS to block the agency from settling legal disputes with insurers over the Affordable Care Act’s risk corridor program.

Warnings for specific prescription drugs may not cover the implications of mixing certain medications, which can mean side effects much worse than just dizziness or upset stomach. While many of the dangerous drug parings have been discovered, many are still hidden. Researchers from New York's Columbia University Medical Center and the Data Science Institute at Columbia University are using data science to uncover such interactions.