The U.S. should brace itself for even more Zika headaches, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), because the virus could be around for a while and spread to even more areas. One study found it could be even more harmful than scientists originally believed.   

State governments may be profiting off Medicaid funds meant for hospitals that are publicly-owned but managed privately, according to a report from HHS’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Although the Affordable Care Act provided health insurance to many people throughout the country, some are still stuck without insurance, particularly those in southern states.

CMS is asking for comments on what it should do about healthcare providers that steer Medicare and Medicaid-eligible patients towards marketplace plans in order to receive higher reimbursement.

While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its expansion of Medicaid lowered the number of Americans without health coverage, millions are still uninsured, and a new study from the Commonwealth Fund aimed to identify who they are and why they aren’t covered.

The effects of major insurers—such as UnitedHealth, Humana and, most recently, Aetna—departing from some state health insurance exchanges will depend largely on where consumers live.

Duke University professors Kevin Schulman, MD, and Barak Richman, JD, PhD, called on the CMS Innovation Center to focus on telemedicine and wearable devices, rather than accountable care organizations (ACOs) which integrate hospitals, to reduce the cost of care.

A letter from Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini obtained by the Huffington Post appears to contradict the insurer’s stance that pulling out of 11 Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges wasn’t connected to the government’s antitrust lawsuit against its proposed merger with Humana.