McKesson Corp. has been in talks about merging its information technology unit with Change Healthcare Inc., reports Reuters.

In what the Department of Justice (DOJ) is calling the “largest takedown ever” of Medicare fraud, 301 people, including 61 physicians, nurses, pharmacists and physical therapists, have been charged with approximately $900 million in false billings.

A study released by Frank R. Lichtenberg of the Montreal Economic Institute said while the price of prescription drugs remains high, the implementation of medical innovation leads to more savings in the long run.

One way to improve the risk pool on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces is to get more young adults to purchase coverage on the exchanges, so HHS has laid out some of its strategies to court younger people who haven’t enrolled in prior years.

With everyone and their mother trying to make a name for themselves in the technological world of app creation, why can’t physicians try it out too? Well now they are, by helping to develop applications from the minds on the front lines of healthcare, reports Forbes.

Repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a cap on Medicaid funding, medical liability reform and loosening restrictions on insurers denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions are among the features of the new House Republican health care plan.

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Children’s Center is ranked again as one of the top performing children’s hospitals in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa area on U.S. News & World Report’s 2016–2017 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.

In a survey by Gallup, it was found that fewer Americans are struggling to afford healthcare. From 2008 to 2013 rates of those having difficulty paying for healthcare and medicine dropped form 18.7 percent to a new low of 15.5 percent.