One doctor’s claims of having a new and effective treatment for sepsis may be true, NPR reports, but he needs better clinical evidence to prove it.

The lines are blurring between healthcare providers and payors as more providers are sponsoring their own health plans or partnering with payors. Unfortunately for interested providers, that greater prevalence hasn’t come with any one-size-fits-all approach for making these plans succeed.

Financial analysts are predicting Anthem, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, will be following other national companies in leaving the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges in 2018.

Manipulation of codes by both insurers and providers to shift reimbursements in their favor is one reason why the American healthcare system struggles to control costs, according to a new book excerpted in New York Times Magazine.

If a county finds itself with no participating insurers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges in 2018, customers would be allowed to use federal subsidies on insurance outside that marketplace under a bill introduced by Tennessee’s two Republican Senators. 

Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump announced a budget for fiscal year 2018 that included an 18 percent reduction in HHS funding. Now, it appears federal dollars for medical research could be pulled earlier than initially expected.

Playing Tetris and Candy Crush may be more useful than for just passing the time. A study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, found playing these games after a traumatic event could block the intrusive memories of the event and possibly reduce the rates of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

If you're a healthcare leader looking for ways to keep experienced nurses from leaving your organization, you should examine your company's culture, according to a presentation at the American College of Healthcare Executives Congress in Chicago. Your own personality, however, won’t make much of a difference in retaining nurses.