Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s lawsuit against HHS for failing to pay $130 million owed under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s risk corridor program was tossed out by a federal claims judge, saying the agency isn’t required to make those payments annually, according to the National Law Journal.

In an interview with CNN, HHS Secretary Tom Price, MD, continued to defend Republican alternatives to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), calling the American Health Care Act (AHCA) “a significantly better program than the one we currently have.”

Personalized medicine can improve a patient's condition—and now a recent study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, showed how workouts designed for individuals can prevent heart disease.

Computerized clinical decision support systems (CCDSSs) are meant to improve efficiency, but evidence of such a positive impact is scarce. In a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, researchers evaluated the impact of CCDSSs in emergency department (EDs).

Oncology community professionals are concerned about the ability of their patients to access cancer screening and treatment under the proposed American Health Care Act, according to a survey conducted March 23–24, 2017 at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) 22nd Annual Conference: Improving the Quality, Effectiveness, and Efficiency of Cancer Care™ at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida.

Hospitals in South Carolina that implemented a 19-point checklist for surgeons and the operating room team saw a 22 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths, according to a study due to be published in the August issue of Annals of Surgery.

In a move aimed at boosting its population health management portfolio, Siemens Healthineers has announced its intention to acquire Medicalis, a San Francisco and Kitchener, Ontario, Canada-based provider of workflow technology and clinical decision support to radiology groups, imaging centers and hospitals.

Insurance companies that are members of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) made their case to CMS for billions in cost-sharing reduction subsidies under the Affordable Care Act to continue—but left with no promises the administration would maintain funding.