Jeff Lagasse

Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic of North Carolina will pay $750,000 to settle charges that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy Rule.

New research released by The Maine Heritage Policy Center has found significant variations in costs for certain procedures among Maine hospitals sometimes representing thousands of dollars, or in a handful of cases, five times the amount.

Blood testing startup Theranos is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.

Third-party nonprofits promising scientific and transparent drug value assessments are gaining ground in healthcare, even as many drug manufacturers are challenging their methodologies, according to new research by the Health Research Institute.

By incorporating factors like risk adjustment and utilization rates, organizations can essentially create their own population health box scores, experts say.

The new emergency department will include an expansion from 20 beds to 26, and the department's physical space will more than double.

If finalized, the affiliation would create an organization with 181 locations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, employing more than 4,500 people and serving an estimated 150,000 patients.

Laboratory's receipt of Medicare payments also in question.

Staff learned in a company-wide letter that they would not be paid until this Friday.

A collaboration between scientists, clinicians and industry partners, the institute will spearhead efforts in cancer immunotherapy research -- benefitting from what amounts to the largest single contribution ever made to the field.