Menu-izing the costs of care doesn’t turn the average American into a skilled healthcare shopper, but don’t blame the consumer. 

According to a new survey financed by Xerox, Millennials, or individuals between the ages of 18 and 34, are the most cost-conscious generation when it comes to healthcare. Fifty percent have even delayed treatment due to the healthcare costs. 

A new national poll shows that many Americans like the idea of Bernie Sanders-style “Medicare for All” healthcare—but only until they grasp its potential negative impact on their own care and finances. 

If the Medicare program known as MIPS is to succeed at improving quality by tying said improvement to payments—all while avoiding mass cases of physician burnout—it will have to forego checkboxes that fail to distinguish between getting patients to electronically say hello and getting them to actually live more healthfully. 

Hearst Health and the Jefferson College of Population Health announced three finalists for its inaugural $100,000 prize to honor healthcare organizations that focus on managing and improving health.

A recent study published in Academic Medicine found that less than one third of all funding distributed by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent organization established under the Affordable Care Act, has been implemented in primary care settings.

The FDA released a new draft guidance today that details information medical device makers should include when submitting 510(k)s for display devices to be used in diagnostic radiology.

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics has published a report on some of the technologies shaping hospitals’ purchase plans in 2016.