Clostridium difficile, commonly abbreviated as C. diff, infected nearly a half-million people in 2011, with 65 percent of those cases related to a hospital stay. Athena's Peter Barnes looked at several new treatments hospitals are developing either to prevent the infections in the first place or fight them once antibiotics stop working.

While CMS touted the latest quality and financial reports from Medicare accountable care organizations (ACO) as positives, its data said the agency spent $217 million more in bonuses to ACOs than what the programs are projected to have saved.

Following the decision by the National Government Services to end its local coverage determination for both cellular and tissue-based products, Organogenesis’s PuraPly and PuraPly Antimicrobial products for wound management will be eligible for Medicare coverage and reimbursement in 10 states.

The FDA has announced that Alere has recalled their INRatio and INRatio2 PT/INR monitoring systems.

With rising premiums and the departure of major insurers, there’s been plenty of pessimism towards the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges, but Princeton University health economist Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, has an even harsher assessment on their future.

After years of operating as Verisk Health, the data-driven healthcare company is giving itself a makeover with a rebranding initiative.

In a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, the American Hospital Association (AHA) suggested several possible changes to the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges, arguing “swift action” is needed to stabilize the markets.

Two Orlando hospitals will not pursue more than $5.5 million in care expenses incurred by victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in June. Orlando Regional Health Center and Florida Hospital announced they’d be waiving their fees as gestures of “kindness” and “goodwill.”