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A new study by the Brookings Institution claims physicians would earn more in Medicare reimbursements under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System mandated by MACRA legislation than with the alternative payment model.
GE Healthcare has acquired Biosafe Group, which supplies integrated cell bioprocessing systems for the cell therapy and regenerative medicine industry, for an undisclosed sum, the company announced Wednesday.
Evolent Health, which helps healthcare systems make the transition to value-based care, will acquire the majority of Valence Health's business for about $145 million, the company announced Wednesday.
The deficit of properly trained physicians is expected to get worse. By 2030, one in five Americans will be eligible for Medicare, the government health insurance for those 65 and older.
Congress should revisit creating a public healthcare plan, President Barack Obama wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
McKesson Health Solutions has acquired IT vendor HealthQX to expand its IT portfolio with HealthQX's ClarityQx value-based payment technology.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has released its guidance to help healthcare organizations handle ransomware attacks, including prevention methods, a detailed description of ransomware and advice on how to respond to a ransomware threat.
The healthcare industry continues to drive job growth in the United States, contributing 39,000 of the 287,000 total jobs employers added to the economy in June, the Department of Labor announced Friday.
Touting the benefits of the Affordable Care Act to cover Americans who otherwise would not have healthcare plans, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday said the median deductible for marketplace coverage in 2016 is $850, down from $900 in 2015.
The number of travel-related cases is growing, and public health officials predict it is only a matter of time until the first locally transmitted case is confirmed. They are scrambling to prepare strategies to combat Zika's spread. But on Capitol Hill, efforts to approve emergency funding to support all of these initiatives are being held up by partisan disputes.