Drug manufacturers would have to justify price increases over 10 percent, along with disclosing research and development costs, under new legislation which the sponsors admitted is only the first step in reforming the pharmaceutical industry.

Part of Donald Trump’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to allow insurers to sell across state lines in order to increase competition. One problem: States can already enable them to do so, but insurers don’t seem interested.

HHS has released the highly anticipated final rule, nearly 2,400 pages long, implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) to overhaul Medicare reimbursement, with the agency saying significant changes were made from the proposed rule.

Four regional medical center groups will receive $5.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to begin implementation of the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort program.

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.