The Clinical Research Administration graduate program at Eastern Michigan University has been ranked number one in the nation by a prominent website – The Healthcare Management Degree Guide – that rates health care degrees from various disciplines. Eastern was listed at the top of 25 other American Universities, and was the only program ranked from the state of Michigan.

Sheldon Retchin, MD, has stepped down as CEO of Ohio State Wexner Medical Center after physicians and faculty complained about his management style in letters to university leaders, alleging he disrespected the hospital’s mission and set “unrealistic” goals on clinical and research initiatives. 

IBM researchers have announced new strategies in detecting and treating Ebola. They are using big data analytics to identify infected animal carriers, previously unstudied as a spread of the disease, to understand how the disease spreads.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will release an updated report on how the American Health Care Act (AHCA) could affect insurance coverage and federal healthcare spending, with the score expected to be released the week of May 22.

Making good on promises made by its CEO earlier this year, Aetna confirmed it will not offer policies on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges in any market for 2018. 

Ontario, California-based Prime Healthcare Foundation won regulatory approval on May 8 to buy Salem, New Jersey-based Memorial Hospital of Salem County—but then decided to scuttle the deal the very same day.

Republicans in Congress were critical of a memo circulated to HHS employees instructing them not to speak to federal lawmakers or their staffs without first clearing it with department leadership, saying it may infringe on the rights of whistleblowers.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee plans on selling individual market plans next year in the Knoxsville area, which had been in danger of having no participating insurer on the Affordable Care Act exchanges for 2018.