A new method for Medicare payments of clinical laboratory tests will be based on private payer rates, though CMS is pushing off implementation of the system by one year

A study published by JAMA Internal Medicine has found that the use of new opioid prescriptions after hospitalization is common among Medicare beneficiaries, while the rate of patients using a prescription opioid 90 days after hospitalization varies by location.

A study from Geneia LLC, an analytics and technology leader in transforming healthcare delivery, found a savings of $8,375 per monitored patient annually using the @Home patent monitoring system, leading to a savings of $1.1 million per year.

Patients who die in a hospital will undergo more billable tests and procedures than those who die at home or in hospice care, racking up costs in their final month of life up to seven times as much as patients dying at home, according to a new study.

ANN ARBOR, MI, USA – June 15, 2016 – Health Level Seven® International (HL7®) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), citing a long history of successful collaboration, today announced that they have renewed their cooperation agreement to advance the goal of interoperability of health information.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that GDF11 levels do not decline with chronological age, but they are associated with signs of advanced biological age, including chronic disease and frailty in older adults with cardiovascular disease. 

Mental Health America (MHA) and ITN Productions have announced the launch of a news and current affairs-style program that investigates the progress related to awareness and treatment of mental health in the U.S.

The American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics will now include guidelines for dealing with telemedicine. The revisions to the 169-year code were approved June 13 at the organization’s annual meeting.