Kansas City-based Midwest Women’s Health Specialists has reached a settlement with 1,500 of its clients after their personal medical records were blown by winds across a neighborhood after disposal, reports KMBC.com.

U.S. consumers are paying a larger portion of their healthcare costs, a shift that is contributing to slowed growth in spending by employers and the government, reports Wall Street Journal.

The cost of treating Ebola is enormously high, and can range anywhere from $8,500 to $50,000 per day, according to U.S. News & World Report.

It’s time to do risk management standards for health IT, Mary Logan, president and CEO of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, said at the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Health Innovation Initiative policy forum on Dec. 3.

Jon White, who joined the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT as acting chief medical officer in October, will now assume the role of acting deputy national coordinator.

In the ongoing saga of ICD-10 implementation, opposing sides continue to advocate their positions.

U.S. healthcare spending grew at the slowest rate on record since 1960, according to a report from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Wellpoint has formally changed its name to Anthem, reports Modern Healthcare.