The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model is the new initiative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation Center.

From 2005 through 2010, swing-bed utilization and Medicare spending at critical access hospitals increased significantly, according to an analysis from the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.

LOS ANGELES, March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement and mobile care coordination solutions, announced today a new Web-based tool that helps physicians and other clinicians quickly reach an agreement on the best evidence-based practices to use for optimal patient care.

GE Ventures and Stanford Health Care have partnered to launch Evidation Health, an independent company committed to improving health outcomes with evidence-based digital medicine.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has a new agreement to provide management services to the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems.

The much anticipated Apple Watch will soon be available.

The increasing number of obese people in the U.S. has led to health concerns and rising costs, Bloomberg reports.

A U.S. Government Accountability Office report found the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to do a better job testing and overseeing the Healthcare.gov website.