Joe Robertson, MD, the president of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) since 2006, has announced he’ll retire at the end of October after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis earlier this year.

During the weeks since Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the infrastructure of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has joined federal and local agencies in the effort to help the people of Puerto Rico recover and begin to rebuild the island. Among the challenges the FDA has addressed is the potential for shortages of critical medical products. The FDA has been monitoring more than 40 drug products and working closely with dozens of pharmaceutical and medical device companies to help these important facilities get back online; enabling employees to return to work and manufacturers to ramp up production of medical products used by all Americans.

Health insurance markets have become increasingly consolidated, according to a study released by the American Medical Association (AMA), with more metropolitan areas meeting the federal definition of a “highly concentrated” market and more insurers attaining a 50 percent market share

Some orthopedic surgeons are performing total ankle replacements, a procedure once disparaged as “borderline quackery,” according to the Washington Post, but is now being touted as a legitimate option for relieving arthritic pain.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has partnered with IBM, Cerner, Intermountain Healthcare, the American Heart Association and the American Medical Informatics Association to develop the Integrated Health Model Initiative (IHMI).

Bundled payment models have been more slowly adopted among commercial insurers compared to numerous government models pushed by CMS. For providers, commercial bundles can offer plenty of opportunities, according to Penny Noyes, president and CEO of Health Business Navigators, as long as practices, as she puts it, “think like a payer” in negotiations.

Solera Health, a preventive care benefits manager, has partnered with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to provide at-risk type 2 diabetes patients with access to the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and Solera4Me, an online platform for diabetes management.

The operators of two freestanding emergency departments (EDs) in Dallas—Highland Park Emergency Room and Preston Hollow Emergency Room—have gone to court demanding Google share the identities of those who posted 22 negative reviews of their facilities.