A viral video showing a confused patient wearing only a hospital gown being left at a bus stop outside the University of Maryland Medical Center has prompted a CMS investigation into whether the facility violated any federal regulations.

Boston’s Partners HealthCare and Providence, R.I.-based Care New England have agreed to enter into a definitive merger agreement, though one has not yet been signed nine months after the systems began exclusive negotiations.

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate to have health insurance was repealed through the tax cut legislation signed into law late in 2017—but according to a new poll from Kaiser Family Foundation, most Americans either weren’t sure it was repealed or incorrectly believe it remains in place.

A genetic ancestry test was more accurate than conventional self-reports of race, cultural identity or ethnicity at identifying patients at risk for bleeding stoke. Findings were presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2018. 

Less than two weeks after Kentucky became the first state approved to implement work requirements for its “able-bodied” Medicaid beneficiaries, a lawsuit has been filed against HHS and CMS alleging the plan is “an abuse” of the agencies’ regulatory powers.

Brian Neale, director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services and deputy administrator at CMS, will leave the job next month just as changes to Medicaid he helped champion are taking effect.

The U.S. Senate confirmed former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar as the next HHS Secretary on a largely party-line vote, with seven Democrats joining all but one Republican in supporting his nomination.

Out-of-pocket healthcare spending fell by 12 percent in the two years after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was fully implemented, but premiums rose by the same percentage.