A small-town physician in New London, New Hampshire, will not regain her license after it was surrendered in October. The state questioned Anna Konopka's ability to keep records, make decisions and prescribe medication because the 84-year-old does not have and is unable to use a computer.

Between 2006 and 2014, the number of emergency department (ED) visits paid for by Medicaid rose from 26.5 million to 44.1 million, making the program the most frequent payer in the ED over private insurance.

Fifteen new states will participate in the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model for 2019, allowing insurers in a total of 25 states to enter the program aimed at encouraging enrollees to focus on services that are of the highest clinical value to their specific chronic conditions.

A lawsuit claims 62 Indiana hospitals fraudulently received more than $300 million from the federal government by overbilling patients for the release of their electronic health records and falsified their meaningful use attestations.

Intermountain Healthcare and United Way of Salt Lake, in partnership with Promise South Salt Lake, have introduced a telehealth kiosk at the Columbus Center in Salt Lake City.

Very few online resources aimed at patients who wish to learn about an emergency radiology exam are comprehensible to most of that intended audience, according to a study published online in Emergency Radiology.

A video game that promotes balance by instructing users to hold poses could help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Several groups representing nurses have accused the American Medical Association of igniting a “turf war” and “hampering access to care” by adopting a resolution to oppose efforts to allow non-physician practitioners to practice independently without the supervision of a licensed physician.