States can use Medicaid funding for items like condoms and mosquito repellent to prevent the spread of the Zika virus, according to a new letter from CMS.

Measuring interoperability as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) calls for a “patient-centric” and flexible strategy, wrote the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).

California insurance officials have confirmed UnitedHealthcare won’t be offering health coverage of the state’s Covered California marketplace in 2017

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zinbryta (daclizumab), a once-monthly injection for treating relapsing multiple sclerosis that patients can administer themselves.

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) will be allowed to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) pilot program.

After the House and Senate passed different bills with different amounts of funding for federal agencies’ anti-Zika virus efforts, the two chambers left for their annual Memorial Day recess without the funding questions left unresolved.

New legislation introduced in Congress aims to address a shortage of organs for transplants by changing or clarifying 32-year-old rules on what incentives can be offered to living organ donors

Massachusetts lawmakers have reached a compromise that aims to avoid a ballot question concerning healthcare pricing. The measure reforms the Special Commission to Review Variation in Prices among Providers, adjusts MassHealth rates and calls for a new $45 million trust fund for ailing hospitals over a period of five years.