Adding fields for medical device information on claims reimbursement forms would help CMS better track how much Medicare spends on recalled or defective devices, according to HHS’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

Substandard care at hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service isn’t a new issue, but a new report offered some specific reasons why the facilities have such severe deficiencies.

A new law in California will require hospitals in Los Angeles County to report incidence of certain “superbugs,” the Los Angeles Times reported. California is one of roughly half the U.S. states that had not required the reporting in the past. 

Nashville, Tennessee-based Ardent Health Services and LHP Hospital Group of Plano, Texas, have entered into a merger agreement, the companies announced Oct. 5.

While larger insurers like UnitedHealthcare and Aetna have complained of losing hundreds of millions of dollars on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges, Molina has turned a slim profit by applying its Medicaid management strategies to the new marketplace.

The controversy over the price increases for EpiPens isn’t going away, as Mylan is now being accused by CMS of overcharging Medicare and Medicaid by classifying the autoinjector as a generic drug.

UC Irvine Health will let go 175 employees, along with another 79 vacant positions being eliminated.

As the fifth most common cancer in Europe, bladder cancer is one of the most expensive cancers to treat and have a high recurrence rate thus making the cost even higher. Cepheid has developed its Xpert Bladder Cancer Monitor to accurately provide information on cancer recurrence as a non-invasive and cost conscience option.