Research from South Dakota State University has shown that healthcare facilities vary wildly in their efforts to maintain a tobacco-free environment.

The preliminary injunction hearing for a merger between NorthShore University HealthSystem and Advocate Health Care, two major hospital systems in the Chicago area, began last week with objections from U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

A federal judge in Boston ordered Warner Chilcott to pay $125 million to resolve criminal and civil claims related to healthcare fraud.

Technology expert Jennifer “Jenna” Geiger has been hired as Alignment Healthcare’s first chief operating officer (COO), according to a release from the population health management company.

A Health and Human Services audit of Oregon’s Medicaid program found $10 million in waste in 2014.

In wake of the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings system developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), sixty senators have advised a delay “to provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its impact on different types of hospitals, and provide more transparent information regarding the calculation of the ratings to determine accuracy.”

IBM unveiled its new corporate citizenship program called the IBM Health Corps, which will bring IBM's top talent and cognitive technologies to help communities address health challenges such as primary care gaps, health worker shortages and access to safe water and nutritious food.

A study of more than 3,000 hospitals found patient ratings, based on quality scores from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 5-star hospital rating system, had an association with the rate of patient mortality and readmissions.