CMS has finalized its rule updating requirements for long-term care facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid, the first such update since 1991.

The state of Vermont has tentative approval from the federal government to change provider reimbursement to an all-payer model emphasizing value-based care. 

The New England Journal of Medicine invited both major presidential candidates to write articles about their healthcare policies, but only one took the editors up on the offer.

Community Health Systems (CHS), one of the largest hospital chains in the U.S., has announced the sale of four rural hospitals as it tries to relieve some of its $15 billion debt.

Medtronic has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a potentially revolutionary device that monitors glucose levels and delivers insulin automatically. The MiniMed 670G works as an “artificial pancreas," because its sensors constantly monitor insulin levels within the body and inject the dose needed accordingly.

The months-long battle in Congress over funding to help combat the Zika virus has ended, as both the House and Senate approved a $1.1 billion package Sept. 28 as part of a larger government spending bill.

Consolidating health systems is an ongoing trend as the industry moves toward value-based care, but it doesn’t always work. Just ask Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin.

The World Health Organization confirmed that both North and South America are free of endemic measles, the first region to be certified as such, according to a recent report from The New York Times.