Doctors ordering exams on patients who show signs of heart disease really can’t go wrong if they choose high-tech computed tomographic angiography (CTA) over time-honored stress testing. 

“A story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events, the vaguer it becomes,” George Orwell wrote in Shooting an Elephant. The elephant hunt begins this week as the debate over the language used in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes center stage in the US Supreme Court.

On February 25, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an extension to the attestation deadline for Medicare EHR Incentive Program reporting periods that occurred in calendar year (CY) 2014. 

Did you make a new year’s resolution this year? Have you kept it? You may not be alone.

When it comes to purchasing medical equipment, selecting secondhand doesn’t have to mean settling for second-rate. 

Choosing Wisely, the ABIM Foundation’s widely followed campaign to counter overutilization, urges doctors to exercise great discretion before ordering neuroimaging when the patient’s only symptom is a headache. A new study calls into question the soundness of the recommendation. 

With the release of the ONC Roadmap on Interoperability last week, as well as the announcement from the HHS Secretary, Sylvia Burwell, on the department’s vision for an accelerated shift to value-based reimbursement, it seems like healthcare leadership in the U.S. is on a focused, and coordinated path toward continued healthcare transformation in 2015 and beyond.

In an announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Secretary Sylvia Burwell, made a significant announcement regarding Medicare’s planned shift to value-based reimbursement in healthcare.