Cybersecurity experts tested the vulnerability of software and medical devices at a group of hospitals, and they found hacking into the healthcare system is a lot easier than expected, reports WUSA9.    

Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a $500,000 bill that would’ve gone to a health information exchange program because he believes it would have favored one vendor over another.

Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Gene L. Dodaro, has announced James S. Ferguson, Carolyn Petersen and Karen L. Caulil as the newest members on the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee. 

A report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and MergerWatch found that one in six hospitals in the U.S. are operated in accordance with Catholic religious rules, leading to the reproductive health of women being left unattended.

Although healthcare fraud continues to be a major problem for the healthcare industry there is light at the end of the tunnel as 2016 is projected to have the lowest level of federal prosecutions for healthcare fraud since 1998, according report conducted by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).

The CDC reported a third of adults between 18-64 didn't see a doctor in 2014 and 17 percent didn't have a regular clinic or physician.

More than 2,000 physicians are publicly backing a plan for new single-payer healthcare system in the U.S., arguing the Affordable Care Act hasn’t gone far enough in increasing access to care.

A CMS advisory panel has released a draft proposal on how certain alternative payment models will be evaluated under the new Medicare reimbursement system.