An image tells a thousand word—but it also can treat older patients in rural communities. Kathy Rush, professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan, conducted a study testing how photographs can improve the treatment of elderly rural patients with arterial fibrillation. 

The $54 billion acquisition of Cigna by Anthem has met the same fate as the $37 billion merger of Aetna and Humana: blocked by a federal judge on antitrust grounds. 

Accurate results on A1c blood sugar tests are crucial for patients to monitor and treat themselves accordingly. Researchers, whose work was published Feb 7, 2017, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined data from two large studies to determine if a difference in A1c levels in African American patients with sickle cell trait.  

Participation in CMS’s Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Program (BPCI) didn’t lead to more lower extremity joint replacement procedures being performed, according to a study conducted by the Altarum Institute’s Center for Payment Innovation.

Axios contributor Steven Brill has compiled a list of how much some hospital executives make in salary for every night a patient stays at the hospital, documenting what he calls “an alternate universe that is the American healthcare economy.”

U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, put their widely different takes on healthcare on display in an Affordable Care Act (ACA)-focused debate on CNN.

In a survey of healthcare executives, many said they want several provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to stay in place if the law is repealed, while expressing concerns over how its elimination could affect their reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.

Physician staffing company TeamHealth has agreed to pay a $60 million penalty to settle allegations that one of its subsidiaries told hospitalists to “up-code” and overbill Medicare, Medicaid and other federal programs.