WALTHAM, MA - October 13, 2016 – Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. [NYSE MKT: CVRS], a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced the appointment of Suzette Jaskie as Vice President Global Medical Affairs.

Drug manufacturers would have to justify price increases over 10 percent, along with disclosing research and development costs, under new legislation which the sponsors admitted is only the first step in reforming the pharmaceutical industry.

Striking nurses at five Alliana Health hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have approved a new contract, ending a walkout that lasted a combined 44 days between two separate strikes.

Part of Donald Trump’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to allow insurers to sell across state lines in order to increase competition. One problem: States can already enable them to do so, but insurers don’t seem interested.

HHS has released the highly anticipated final rule, nearly 2,400 pages long, implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) to overhaul Medicare reimbursement, with the agency saying significant changes were made from the proposed rule.

Four regional medical center groups will receive $5.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to begin implementation of the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort program.

Ahead of the release of the final rule overhauling Medicare reimbursement, CMS has announced a permanent initiative to reduce the burden of administrative work on physicians.

Amid a $500 million overhaul of Mount Sinai Health System in New York, the president of Beth Israel Hospital, Susan Somerville, has decided to step down.