After the House and Senate passed different bills with different amounts of funding for federal agencies’ anti-Zika virus efforts, the two chambers left for their annual Memorial Day recess without the funding questions left unresolved.

New legislation introduced in Congress aims to address a shortage of organs for transplants by changing or clarifying 32-year-old rules on what incentives can be offered to living organ donors

Massachusetts lawmakers have reached a compromise that aims to avoid a ballot question concerning healthcare pricing. The measure reforms the Special Commission to Review Variation in Prices among Providers, adjusts MassHealth rates and calls for a new $45 million trust fund for ailing hospitals over a period of five years.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first buprenorphine implant, Probuphine, to treat addiction to both prescription and illegal opioids.

Here are some highlights of healthcare news from Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Alaska and Kentucky.

The final version of the policy principles governing data security efforts within President Barack Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) has been released. 

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are willing to leave the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) unless CMS changes course and allows them to be eligible for MARCA’s advanced alternative payment models (APMs) system.

Several data security experts testified before a congressional panel in favor of a House proposal to elevate HHS’s chief information security officer (CISO) to a separate office, while one expressed concerns about making the office a presidential appointment.