Amazon is in a fight for patient health data after a pharmacy industry player worked to block the e-commerce giant’s online pharmacy business, PillPack, from accessing the information.

Civica Rx, the not-for-profit drug company startup created by hospital and healthcare organizations to reduce the impact of rising drug costs and shortages, has found another pharmaceutical partner to manufacture and supply 14 essential sterile injectable medications.

Changes to the accountable care organization shared savings program by CMS are having the desired effect, but fewer ACOs are participating in 2019. The declaration comes from CMS Administrator Seema Verma, who recently penned a blog post in Health Affairs outlining the recent outcomes of the ACO shared savings program.

The Trump administration’s expansion of short-term limited-duration health plans has held up in court after a legal challenge.

Merger talks between Care New England, one of the largest healthcare systems in Rhode Island, Brown University and Lifespan, operator of Rhode Island Hospital, are over.

A proposed rule to eliminate drug rebates will not be pushed through. However, President Trump could still take on the pharmaceutical industry in other ways.

After introducing its new HealthHub concept store in Texas, CVS Health is spreading the store model to Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia, the company announced.

HHS and CMS are following through on an executive order from President Trump to overhaul kidney care in the nation by proposing five new payment models.