Aurelio Fernandez has been announced as the new president and CEO of the Memorial Healthcare System, reports Sun Sentinel. 

CMS would increase payments for primary care, geriatricians, family physicians and mental healthcare under the proposed physician fee schedule for 2017, along with expanding its Medicare diabetes prevention model. 

Reuters is reporting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has concerns about the antitrust implications of Aetna’s $34 billion proposed acquisition of Humana, according to an anonymous source within the department.

Google is planning to teach a computer to detect certain kinds of eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. 

A woman posing as a healthcare worker at four different senior living facilities has been charged with burglary, theft, attempted burglary and corrupt business influence, reports Fox59.

Commercial insurance plans dedicated almost four times as much of their prescription drug spending to specialty drugs in 2014 than in 2003, with the number of specialty prescriptions tripling in the same time frame.

The Veterans Affairs Commission on Care released their final report July 5, a culmination of an investigation into better healthcare practices after the 2014 scandal veterans hospitals waiting time scandal. 

After the recommendation of the 90-day reporting period by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), CHIME has offered its support of the decision.