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Israel-based pharmaceutical company will meet with U.S. FDA to re-submit its marketing application, hopes to launch generic by 2018.

From 2011 to 2015, insurers' payments to hospitals, laboratories, treatment centers and other medical providers for these patients grew from $32 million to $446 million -- a 1,375 percent increase.

Almost $1,000 per procedure examined at the academic medical center, UCSF researchers find.

Across the board, hospitals earned more if they were in a state where more people had coverage and saw declines in the level of uncompensated care.

Rising concerns about spending on prescription drugs that treat rare diseases are not justified, according to a new analysis in the journal Health Affairs.

Analysts at WalletHub measured the impact of geography on the healthcare industry, looking at costs, access and outcomes.

Funds are awarded to organizations in 34 states that have a federally-facilitated marketplace.

FAIR Health, a nonprofit cost transparency and health research company, has launched a free mobile app it says can help improve health insurance literacy, promote transparency in medical and dental costs, and increase healthcare engagement among Connecticut residents.

Several states now require insurers to keep directories updated at least every quarter, among other guidelines.

Nearly 20 percent of Medicare patients return to the hospital within 30 days, costing more than $26 billion annually, federal data shows.