Cantel Medical, a company that delivers infection prevention products and services, has acquired Accutron, a manufacturer of nitrous oxide delivery systems and single-use nasal masks.

In what’s being called a “mixed bag” for hospitals, CMS finalized two adjustments in its Medicare inpatient payment system update for fiscal year 2017, which, overall, increases reimbursements for acute care hospitals by 0.95 percent.

Bowel and bladder incontinence was described as equal to or worse than death by a majority of seriously ill patients participating in a survey published in JAMA.

Many diagnostic testing machines are only compatible with products of the same brand, but Abbott hopes to change that with the introduction of its new family of Alinity products.

HHS is now facing lawsuits from three health insurance co-ops set up under the Affordable Care Act, but the organization won a small victory when a federal judge ordered an insurer to make a $24 million risk adjustment payment.

Two of the world’s biggest tech and drug companies are joining forces to found an entirely new company called Galvani Bioelectrics based on bioelectronics research, according to Forbes. 

Aetna won’t be expanding its offerings on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces after its second quarter earnings report projected it would lose more than $300 million on its exchange business.

Most young people have had to help parents or grandparents get a hold on new technology, including that old VCR or a new iPhone. In a study published by JAMA, a team of researchers led by David M. Levine, MD, MA, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, measured the rate at which seniors use digital technology in their healthcare.