HHS has issued a set of two proposed rules aimed at improving the availability of organs for the 113,000 Americans on waitlists for transplants.

Foes of the tax applauded the proposed spending bill on Tuesday, Dec. 17, urging lawmakers to “cross the finish line.” 

Louisville-based Humana, the nation’s third-largest health insurance provider, is acquiring a large privately held hospice pharmacy and benefit management providers, Enclara Healthcare.

The Cleveland, Ohio-based institution is considered University Hospital’s flagship academic medical center.

Vermont is ranked as the nation’s healthiest state, according to UnitedHealth Group, which released its annual population health rankings. Mississippi trails the country as the least healthy state in the nation.

Hahn is chief of radiation oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

There's a 50% chance a radiologist will be tangled up in a malpractice claim by the time they turn 60. Researchers looked at the past 10 years of breast-cancer related lawsuits to better understand the medicolegal environment.

Seeking to accelerate technological capabilities, healthcare investors have been snapping up AI and machine learning companies and driving up digital health M&A in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space as a result.