Shareholders of Cigna have approved a $67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is more popular than the recently enacted tax law, according to a poll from Fox News.

While the healthcare market has evolved to better cater to consumers’ demands and offer specialized care, physicians are still referring patients in outdated ways. This costs health systems by increasingly sending patients to receive out-of-network services, according to a recent study by Kyruus, which surveyed 100 primary care providers and 100 specialists affiliated with U.S. health systems.

CMS is cracking down on how it calculates budget neutrality in Medicaid demonstration projects, according to an update from the agency.

Attorney General Jeff Session is preventing two Ohio doctors from prescribing opioids because they allegedly dispensed the medications without a legitimate medical purpose.

With roughly a third of all Medicare beneficiaries, or 20 million people, enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, new entrants into the healthcare field are eyeing this hefty population. And retail giant Walmart is no exception, according to Forbes.

In fiscal year 2017, the Medicaid program doled out about $37 billion in improper payments, an increase from $29.1 billion in improper payments recorded in 2015, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

One Medical Group, a primary care group with offices in San Francisco, New York, Seattle and other cities, has closed a $350 million investment from the Carlyle Group, a private equity group based in Washington, D.C., TechCrunch reported.