The Ensuring Removal of Terminated Providers from Medicaid and CHIP Act (HR 3716), which helps states identify healthcare providers who have been banned from Medicare, a Medicaid program, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, has been unanimously approved by the U.S. House.

Menu-izing the costs of care doesn’t turn the average American into a skilled healthcare shopper, but don’t blame the consumer. 

It’s no secret that healthcare professionals are being asked to do more with less, to coordinate across an enterprise and deliver results greater than the sum of a provider’s parts.

The healthcare industry transitioned to ICD-10 back on Oct. 1 with few problems. Despite the success, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a new toolkit designed to help providers track and improve their ICD-10 performance.

According to a new survey financed by Xerox, Millennials, or individuals between the ages of 18 and 34, are the most cost-conscious generation when it comes to healthcare. Fifty percent have even delayed treatment due to the healthcare costs. 

SAN FRANCISCO & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK), a leading international healthcare services and information technology company, and Katz Group, one of Canada’s largest privately-owned enterprises, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Rexall Health from Katz Group for $3 billion CAD ($2.2 billion USD*, or approximately $1.9 billion USD* net of the present value of incremental cash tax benefits). 

New Jersey’s Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee has approved legislation requiring hospitals and physicians to screen patients born between 1945 and 1965 for Hepatitis C. It was a bill both the New Jersey Hospital Association and the Medical Society of New Jersey opposed, and committee chairman State Sen. Joseph Vitale said the organizations “ought to be ashamed of themselves,” according to a report from NJ.com. 

Scrypt, Inc. (OTC Pink: SYPT) developers of secure and compliant productivity tools for regulated industries, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based DocbookMD®, a HIPAA secure patient care team collaboration platform.