In a report from the Health Care Cost Institute, spending increased related pediatric care in 2014 even though the use of services declined.

Here are some highlights of healthcare news in Illinois, Oklahoma, Oregon, New Hampshire, Kansas and Mississippi.

The Senate approved $1.1 billion in funding to federal agencies for anti-Zika virus efforts a day after the House passed its own $622 million bill, setting up negotiations between the two chambers.

A judge has granted United Healthcare’s motion to partially dismiss a participant's claim to recover benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

A new report from Health Affairs estimated mental health accounted for $201 billion in 2013.

Healthcare systems are being attacked by hackers, and data remains fragmented among insurers, providers, health record companies, government agencies and researchers.

John Hopkins University School of Medicine announced it will no longer use live pigs to train surgical students, leaving the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as the only medical school in the U.S. or Canada to allow the practice.

New legislation introduced in the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee contains several changes for Medicare policies most affecting hospitals, including allowing “mid-build” off-campus outpatient facilities to be reimbursed at current rates under the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).