More than 2,000 physicians are publicly backing a plan for new single-payer healthcare system in the U.S., arguing the Affordable Care Act hasn’t gone far enough in increasing access to care.

A CMS advisory panel has released a draft proposal on how certain alternative payment models will be evaluated under the new Medicare reimbursement system.

The Food and Drug Administration announced the long-awaited rule that allows it to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, electronic cigarettes, hookahs, personal vaporizers and electronic pipes, reports The Hill.

The Urban Institute released a study examining the effect the opening of the health insurance marketplaces had on the long-term rise in the percentage of uninsured mothers.

Current plan calls for a five-year pilot program that would change the reimbursement calculation.

A federal jury has convicted Ona Colasante, MD, of 162 counts of health care fraud.

CMS is further delaying the star rating system intended to help patients make decisions when they shop for insurance on HealthCare.gov, reports Modern Healthcare.

With more healthcare companies expanding and others combining to form technological powerhouses the healthcare landscape is drastically changing. The question that healthcare leaders ask now becomes “how do we navigate through this unknown territory?”