While the consolidation trend across healthcare accelerated after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed, there's little evidence connecting consolidation to providers wanting to succeed under accountable care organization (ACO) programs created after the ACA, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affairs.

Major regulatory changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges and health insurance in general are being drafted by the Trump administration, according to POLITICO.

Baebies, producers of newborn screening and pediatric testing, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SEEKER, a quantitative measuring tool of dried blood samples.

CMS will likely overpay Medicare Advantage plans by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 10 years if the agency doesn’t account for coding intensity in its risk scores.

For older individuals, a visit to the physician can reduce the possibility for a hospital stay down the road. A study, published in The BMJ, analyzes the correlation between continuity of care with primary care physicians and related hospital admissions for older patients.

President Donald Trump pushed back the timeline for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), saying it could take until 2018 and calling the process “very complicated” in a Feb. 5 interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly.

Technology has taken the healthcare industry by storm, but the replacement of human interaction by digital health leaves patients feeling cold and left behind. 

CMS said 9.2 million people signed up for health coverage through the federal Healthcare.gov site during the open enrollment period that ended Jan. 31, down from 9.6 million reported to have signed up last year.