Durbin spoke with HealthExec about what he’s heard from physicians prescribing opioids, where he feels medical associations have fallen short, and whether federal legislation on prescribing practices will be needed.

Vice President Joe Biden spoke at Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C. this week, emphasizing that his “moonshot” of curing cancer is “a matter of life and death.” 

The House has passed three bills aimed at reducing opioid addiction in an overwhelming 410-1 vote, reports The Hill.

The plan had been criticized in an April by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, which said the projected cost was about $18 million too high.

Insurers finding success on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges are being asked to share what they’ve learned at a June CMS forum.

The first in a series of videos from the Kaiser Health Network looks at the proposal to allow sales of policies across state lines.

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.