Health insurers Aetna and Humana have mutually ended their $37 billion merger agreement two weeks after a federal judge blocked the deal on antitrust grounds. 

Richard Besser, MD, the former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been selected as the new president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

Republican members of Congress are facing angry, pro-Affordable Care Act (ACA) crowds at town halls and constituent meetings across the country. One party official drew a particularly harsh response when he brought up a debunked myth against the law—“death panels.”

One of the many ideas discussed as Republicans in Congress try to craft a replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is leaving specific policies up to states, whether it be through Medicaid block grants or keeping current ACA regulations.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of Oregon health insurer Moda Health in its lawsuit against the federal government over unpaid risk corridor payments included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The decision could open the floodgates for new insurer lawsuits to recoup some of the billions of dollars owed under the program. 

Researchers have developed a computer learning algorithm capable of predicting remission rates for patient with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).

Accelerating drug approvals and funding the cancer “moonshot” were the more widely-covered aspects of the 21st Century Cures Act signed into law last year. Yet it also contained a new path for safety-net hospitals to avoid readmissions penalties.

After two congressional hearings and with no Democrats supporting his nomination, Tom Price was confirmed as the new HHS Secretary by a party-line vote of 52-47 in the early morning hours on Feb. 10.