President-elect Donald Trump has selected a health policy consulting firm CEO with close ties to his vice president and experience in Medicaid expansion to head CMS.

Tucked into the 21st Century Cures Act, which is aimed at speeding up the approval process for drugs and medical devices, are provisions pulling back requirements for those companies to disclose payments made to physicians.

It turns out, sweat can tell you more than just when it's time to find a tall glass of lemonade. Researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, have developed a patch that measures the wearer’s perspiration to show how his or her body is responding to exercise.

A new version of legislation aimed at speeding up regulatory approval for medical devices and drugs will get a vote in the House this week.

The proposed merger of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System was mostly supported by public comments at a Tennessee hearing, but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urged regulators to block the deal.

CMS has proposed a new rule which would prevent states from creating or increasing Medicaid “pass-through” reimbursements for services unrelated to value-based payment or care delivery.

Legislation introduced in New Jersey to cap how much hospitals can be paid for out-of-network charges would have major financial consequences on acute-care facilities in the state.

Consumer Reports’ analysis on hospital-acquired infections found some “sobering" results when it came to teaching hospitals, with 31 making its list of low-performing facilities.