A new report from Premier, Inc, indicates that hospital leadership is moving more slowly than previously signaled when it comes to active ACO participation. 

Holders of Health Management Associates, Inc., (HMA) stock have overwhelmingly approved a $7.5 billion deal for HMA to be acquired by rival Community Health Systems, Inc., (CHS) creating the nation’s largest publicly-traded hospital company

Dean Norman Janes, the now former CEO of Imaging3, leaves the Burbank, Calif.-based developer of the Dominion Volumetric Imaging Scanner amid allegations that the intentionally mislead investors in the company about the true reasons the Dominion scanner failed three times to get U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 501k clearance

With less than 10 percent of EHR vendors whose products met 2011 edition meaningful use certification criteria going on to meet the 2014 edition criteria, hospitals and physician organizations who bought the wrong product may need to turn to the courts in hopes of getting some of their investment back

With the USPSTF grade B recommendation in hand, proponents of responsible screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT now turn toward the critical problem of actually getting those at high risk for lung cancer tested

According to the Farmers’ complaint, two Los Angeles-area businesses — Glendale Diagnostic Imaging Network and Central Diagnostic Imaging Network — billed the insurer for hundreds of MRI and CT scan 3D renderings that were never performed.

In what is seen as a key step in broadening insurance coverage for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a grade B recommendation in favor of the test for current and former heavy smokers age 55 to 80

Malik Juweid, M.D., has been in a prolonged dispute with his former employer, the University of Iowa, and now faces new charges after failing to complete a state-ordered mental and physical evaluation