UnitedHealthcare announced it will exit the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Arizona next year, reducing or even eliminating options for rural communities reports The Arizona Republic.

The American Medical Association’s internal medicine journal is asking for papers on gun violence and firearm injuries.

Repurposed EHR data collected during office visits can identify patient risk factors and prevent unintentional falls in seniors, according to findings published in Perspectives in Health Information Management, the online research journal of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

People affected by hearing loss are increasingly turning to devices found at electronics stores, rather than going through an audiologist.  

Despite clinical guidelines to incorporate long-term prognosis into decision making, several factors may lead primary care physicians to avoid following through on those recommendations.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has caved to pressure from Congress and the healthcare industry, delaying the release of its new hospital quality rating measure a day before its planned launch.

In a report published by JAMA Internal Medicine, it was found that the demographics of patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) from 2005 and 2014 have shifted to where the population of young, low-income, uninsured or Medicaid-insured, racial and ethnic minority Americans increased more rapidly than other demographic groups.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been regularly shredding thousands of documents related to veterans' claims, possibly including those needed to treat and fulfill benefits for veterans, according to an investigation by the inspector general.