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.

The Food and Drug Administration announced the long-awaited rule that allows it to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, electronic cigarettes, hookahs, personal vaporizers and electronic pipes, reports The Hill.

The Urban Institute released a study examining the effect the opening of the health insurance marketplaces had on the long-term rise in the percentage of uninsured mothers.