As analysts and investors had expected, Pfizer and Allergan have terminated their record $160 billion merger by mutual agreement just days after the Obama administration introduced new rules meant to limit the ability of American companies to shift their home overseas simply to lower their tax bills, wrote the New York Times.

Most Americans don’t believe that the price of healthcare services ties to the quality of the care they receive, according to research published in Health Affairs.

Three researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have put their heads together to produce and propose a detailed system for offering mortgage-like healthcare loans to hard-hit patients.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced two projects that focus on supporting and scaling quality improvement organizations.

David Knutson, MS, has been named director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets.

The Sync for Science pilot, announced during the White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative Summit, has begun.

With both the least competition and the highest mean annual pay (after adjustment for cost of living), Mississippi has emerged as the best place to practice medicine in the U.S., according to an analysis by WalletHub. 

The author of a new book looks at how internet searches are impacting medical research.