After what seemed like an uphill battle to acquire neighboring a hospital, Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.V., may be gaining some traction after its plan was approved by the Health Care Authority.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has issued a subpoena to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to turn over documents related to the Affordable Care Act’s reinsurance program, which Republican members on the committee claim has been improperly funded by the agency.

Vice President Joe Biden led a major step toward completing his “moonshot” task of curing cancer June 29, when he spoke at the first Cancer Moonshot Summit. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a thumbs up to a test hospitals can use to identify certain types of antibiotic-resistant infections more quickly.

Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare announced today its acquisition of a transitional care hospital in San Antonio, Texas, a move that supports its mission to add more long-term acute care facilities to its network.

The final reports on 2014 death data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show heart disease and cancer as the top two causes of death for Americans, while life expectancy for white women bucked the long-term trends and declined slightly.

While defending a proposal to test changes to how reimbursements are calculated under Medicare Part B, CMS Chief Medical Officer Patrick Conway, MD, told a panel of federal lawmakers the agency would alter the plan based on concerns from physicians and lawmakers.

Paper strips have come a long way from just determining how much chlorine is in your pool, they can now detect cancer and malaria from just one drop of blood.