In 2001, when West Virginia noticed a rise in deaths due to oxycodone, the active ingredient in OxyContin painkillers, it tried requiring prior authorization for the drug. But its manufacturer, Purdue Pharma, wrecked the plan by offering rebates to a pharmacy benefits manager.

The state of Vermont is moving ahead with its first-in-the-nation all-payer model emphasizing value-based care.

Healthcare is on its way to achieving value-based care goals, according to a new report from HHS’s Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN).

Aetna could return to some of the Affordable Care Act exchanges it left in 2017, but not until changes are made to the market by Congress and federal regulators.

You may love your computer or your phone, but can a bunch of circuits and wires really love you back? Well, probably not—but Harvard University researchers have used 3D printing to produce a heart on a computer chip.

Recent work has shown the potential for robotics to be implemented in the rehabilitation of stroke and spinal cord injury patients. Researchers have developed a robotic exoskeleton that can help in training to advance gait rehabilitation and strengthen muscles.

Nonprofit health systems Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health have “signed a non-binding letter of intent” to merge, which could create one of the largest nonprofit hospital chains by revenue in the U.S.

CMS is offering more paths for practices and payers to earn incentive payments under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).