CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said the healthcare industry’s move away from volume and towards value-based care will be worth the short-term disruption in remarks to the American Academy of Actuaries.

Recharging devices and changing batteries may soon be things of the past thanks to engineers at the University of California San Diego. The team has developed a magnetic ink proven to be effective in the producing self-healing batteries, electrochemical sensors, wearable technology and textile-based electrical circuits.

Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University in Sweden have developed an ion pump that integrates itself within the communication pathways between nerves and muscles to reduce the feeling of pain.

Researchers from the University of Manchester have uncovered a method to control chronic pain by changing the frequency of waves within the forebrain.

Paula D’Amore expected to pay a little less for giving birth to her daughter in April, because she never actually made it inside Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

The American Medical Association has announced the launch of a new “health sciences” textbook for medical school students, focusing on the transition towards value-based care and the skills physicians will need to navigate this new system, including using electronic health records.

New Bedford, Massachusetts-based Southcoast Health System is forming its own independent doctors group, which means its 425 physicians will be leaving Tufts Medical Center’s network.

Cognitive decline is prevalent in 70 percent of chemotherapy patients, leading to depression and fatigue. Researchers have found that using InsightTM, an online platform of cognitive exercises, can help cancer survivors regain perceived cognitive function over a 15-week period.