St. Louis-based insurer Centene says its committed to offering coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges in 2018, reporting growth of 500,000 in its marketplace plans through the first quarter of 2017.

Republicans leaders in Congress have reportedly agreed on a new version of their Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal-and-replace plan, allowing states to opt out of ACA requirements such as essential health benefits and a ban on individually rating customers on the individual market. 

Practicing complex surgical procedures on cadavers can be expensive. In an article in Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, researchers outlined an improved method of practice for surgeons by combining 3D printing with special effects.

The move by CMS to delay mandatory bundled payments for cardiac and orthopedic care was widely supported by medical associations and health systems, judging by their comments to the agency, but some went further, calling for these initiatives from the prior administration be made into voluntary programs.

The transmission of malaria among the general population in the U.S. hasn’t been an issue for nearly 60 years—but as NPR reports, it’s a different story in hospitals, where nearly 1,500 cases are seen each year involving people who have been traveling abroad.

If the Trump administration’s goal is to lower federal healthcare spending, discontinuing cost-sharing reduction subsidies, or CSRs, to insurers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could backfire, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Physicians at smaller practices want to see one of their fellow physicians offer some regulatory help to make it easier for them to participate in the new payment tracks under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).

Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts said it will lose Anthem as a client when its current contract expires at the end of 2019, claiming it can’t agree to the price concessions Anthem has been demanding.