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A recently-released white paper suggests patients should pay a monthly subscription fee to their doctors.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that hospitals will see a slight increase in Medicare payments in 2014.

A recent Consumer Reports analysis rating U.S. hospitals on surgical care has found that the biggest and most renowned hospitals aren't necessarily the best.

Job growth in the healthcare sector for the month of July was fairly stagnant, adding 8,300 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.

Not yet in plentiful usage in the U.S., social impact bonds backing healthcare projects could improve care outcomes and reduce costs.

In a landmark ruling this June, the U.S. Supreme Court permitted antitrust scrutiny of brand-name drug companies participating in reverse payment settlements, known as "pay for delay" agreements, with firms producing generic drugs.

A program in use by 140 hospitals nationwide has the potential to improve the discharge process and prevent avoidable rehospitalizations, according to a new study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

In advance of August 1, when drug, device and biological companies, medical supply manufacturers and group purchasing organizations will be required to collect and document marketing expenses under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, pharmaceutical and medical device companies have been preparing but they're still laboring to adapt.

Doctors may be cost-conscious, but price never trumps patients' best interests.

If the states not expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act stay with their decision, those state governments will collectively spend $1 billion more on uncompensated care in 2016 than they would have had they expanded Medicaid, says a recent RAND Corporation study.