Policy and Legislation

CMS said the initiative is part of a broader effort to improve care and spend money more wisely by making use of available data.

Obama administration is making a push to get young adults covered on the health insurance marketplaces, both for their own good and that of the marketplaces, which need healthy people to balance sicker ones in the risk pool.

In a recently released issue paper and in a study in the journal Health Affairs last year, the Urban researchers modeled the spending impact of two programs that each paid a $100 daily benefit, with a 3 percent annual inflation adjustment.

NJSNA members and 351 nurses from around the country urged elected officials to repeal language blocking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from conducting gun violence research, and from looking into appropriate funding to examine the causes and effective prevention strategies for gun violence.

Lower-than-expected enrollment in the new insurance exchanges, and significant insurer losses, have resulted in substantial premium increases and insurer withdrawals from state markets.

With more than 350 oncology researchers, data and technology experts, alongside with more 6,000 people at linked events nationwide, it's billed as the the first time a group this big has gathered for such an initiative.

The Supreme Court struck down key aspects of a Texas abortion law Monday, casting doubt on similar laws in nearly two dozen states.

California's insurance commissioner on Thursday recommended that federal officials block Aetna Inc.'s proposed $37 billion acquisition of Humana Inc., saying the deal would suppress market competition and harm consumers.

The Republican's answer to Obamacare includes a proposal to set state caps on Medicaid financing, a plan that could shift costs to states, providers and beneficiaries, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report released Wednesday.

AMA President Andrew Gurman said the 2011 law "inserts the state into the patient-physician relationship and threatens open communication in the exam room."