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Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa is working on an 11-story hospital tower and new parking garages in a campus-wide renovation project that could cost up to $500 million.

Drug costs increased more than 17 percent from 2013 to 2014, compared to a 3.3 percent increase in the total cost of claims, according to Medicare Part D data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday.

Some of the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces are in turmoil as the fourth open enrollment season approaches this fall, but what's ahead for consumers very much depends on where they live.

After being approved by a key committee last week, a bill that would have required drug companies to justify treatment costs and price hikes was pulled by its author on Wednesday.

The researchers analyzed data from more than 6.7 million people who filled prescriptions in January 2012 and followed their patterns of medication use and out-of-pocket spending through December 2014.

As questions about the quality of telehealth services remain, one southern state is considering allowing telemedicine vendors to operate in the state, while another will re-examine its strict limits on the practice.

Experts are clashing over whether accountable care organizations have lived up to expectations, according to commentaries published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

CEO Mark Bertolini claimed savings tied to the Humana merger would have helped it remain on the exchanges.

Centene's wholly-owned subsidiary Health Net has agreed to pay $340,000 for violating securities laws on whistleblower awards, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday.

Partnerships between ride-hailing companies and hospitals are emerging around the country.