Ahead of the release of the final rule overhauling Medicare reimbursement, CMS has announced a permanent initiative to reduce the burden of administrative work on physicians.

Medicaid could be expanded in Maine via a unique method: a statewide ballot referendum. 

DUBLIN AND SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA - Oct. 13, 2016 - Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today unveiled new health economic analysis data from the FIRE AND ICE trial that favor cryoballoon catheter ablation over radiofrequency (RF) ablation related to trial period cost savings as a result of fewer cardiovascular (CV) rehospitalizations and repeat ablations. The data were presented at a late-breaking clinical trial session at the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society's Scientific Sessions in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) shouldn’t be tied to insurance coverage, according to the physicians who helped craft those guidelines.

Unfriendly malpractice laws and a high cost-of-living are driving physicians away from Connecticut, according to State Rep. Prasad Srinivasin. And he should know, since he’s a physician himself.

Rather than use prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) only to track opioid prescriptions, two physicians writing in the American Journal of Managed Care suggested the concept be expanded to collect and report information on all prescriptions.

Healthcare groups including HIMSS, AMIA and CHIME have written a letter to members of Congress asking for a national patient identifier to increase patient safety and the electronic exchange of data.

Mylan, the manufacturer of EpiPen, will pay $465 million to the federal government to “resolve questions” about whether the autoinjector was misclassified as a generic drug, therefore reducing the quarterly rebates Mylan owed.