The hospital provider fee—also known as the “bed tax”—is used in 49 states to help pay the state’s share of Medicaid funding. Anti-tax groups, however, are targeting Georgia’s 1.45 percent tax on hospital profits, which some see as a beginning of a national campaign to roll back that charge.

Being penalized under the Hospitals Readmissions Reduction Act (HRRA) led to lower 30-day readmissions at those hospitals compared to non-penalized facilities, according to a study published in JAMA.

Health workers are facing a major obstacle in their efforts to eradicate Zika and kill mosquitoes carrying the virus: Insecticides are no longer working.

Outgoing Vice President Joe Biden will continue to advocate for changes in cancer research and treatment once he leaves political office by creating a new nonprofit organization.

Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD, has reportedly passed on an offer from President-elect Donald Trump to become secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to Cleveland.com.

Five major medical organizations have written to congressional leaders warning a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would have significant consequences on uninsured rates, coverage for low-income Americans and the affordability of health coverage. 

To help create a device that will prevent people from contracting HIV and AIDS, billionaire Bill Gates has invested $140 million in Intarcia Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company based in Boston, according to an International Business Times story.

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