The Obama administration is set to ask Congress for about $6.2 billion in emergency funding to stem the spread of Ebola, reports Bloomberg.

Stryker Orthopaedics, a producer of artificial hip implants, has reached a settlement with thousands of patient lawsuits involving the now-recalled all-metal devices for about $1 billion, according to The New York Times.

Massachusetts and the federal government have reached a five-year, $41.4 billion healthcare accord, which will follow a three-year $26.75 billion waiver agreement that expired June 30, reports WBUR.

With penalties hitting the bottom line of providers, many are looking to the vast potential of predictive analytics to help them provide the right care to the right patients to reduce those 30-day readmissions deemed unnecessary.

Researchers are suggesting that giving Americans a sense of purpose can help reduce U.S. healthcare costs, according to Los Angeles Times.

A data analysis by The New York Times reveals that more than 3 million people would have received insurance across 24 states if the Supreme Court had ruled differently in 2012.

Meaningful Use has received the bulk of the health IT headlines in recent weeks thanks to the hardship exception, concerns about low Stage 2 attestation rates, calls for greater interoperability and fears about Stage 3 requirements.

Dignity Health, a Northern California hospital chain, agreed to pay $37 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the federal Medicare program, reports San Jose Mercury News.