Increased prices for many healthcare services were almost entirely responsible for driving up healthcare spending by 15 percent between 2012 and 2016, according to a report by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI).

Hackensack University Medical Center could be on the hook to pay back millions in property taxes if the Hackensack, New Jersey, city council gets its way.

The stopgap spending measure funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years while delaying taxes on medical devices and health insurance. 

An interactive, personalized simulation for patients with type 2 diabetes can show the effects of exercise on blood sugar, potentially improving behavior, according to a study published in JMIR Diabetes.

On Jan. 12, the U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) published a 28-page report on its website that called for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to improve its ability to verify the licenses of imported radiological material.

If accountable care organizations (ACOs) had moved from the upside-only Track 1 of the Medicare Shared Savings Program and assumed downside risk, they would’ve earned an additional $966 million if they qualified for the 5 percent bonus for Advanced Alternative Payment Models (AAPMs). Without that bonus, however, the financial benefits would disappear.

A board member of UNC Health Care has alleged the health system may have acted illegally by conducting closed-door negotiations on a proposed merger with Carolinas HealthCare System “for the better part of a year” without informing the board. The board’s leaders responded by saying that member has a conflict of interest and shouldn’t be involved with the deal.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, is asking for an investigation into allegations that CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH, has violated her ethics agreement by being involved with Medicaid waivers submitted by states she once counted as clients for her consulting firm.