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How Apple, Google, and other tech titans aim to shake up the way we treat disease

(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Silicon Valley has audacious plans for shaking up the way we diagnose — and cure

(Source – www.cms.gov) Announcement April 13, 2017 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued the final Market

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Sixty-three percent of consumer complaints about medical debt collection claim the debt was

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said doctors should step up and recommend more payment alternatives to fee-for-service Medicare

On Tuesday, CMS released data for 2015, showing nationwide Medicare per capita costs amounted to $9,582, (Hawaii spent $6,608 per

The Government Accountability Office released a report in December 2016 on the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of foreign drug

The bipartisan healthcare legislation (The Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act), would expand access to healthcare in both rural and urban

According to a GAO report, problems with oversight and contract issues, the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program wrongly made payments of $41.1

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nevada legislation aiming to ban surprise medical bills is drawing a wide range

(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) ACOs will fail because the rewards are not immediate, substantial or transparent enough