Legislation to extend California’s breast density reporting bill has been signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown, ensuring the law will remain in place through 2025.

Accountable care organizations generated $1.84 billion in savings for Medicare in 2013–2015, nearly twice as much as the $954 million estimated by CMS, according to a new report from the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS).

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said pushing ACOs to take on downside risk sooner is worth it even if some organizations choose to leave the voluntary Medicare Shared Savings Program as a result.

Accountable care organizations saved the Medicare program $314 million last year, but physician-group organizations were the leaders in savings.

Concussions can loosen protective tissue found in the brain, according to new research published in Frontiers in Neurology. Should this lead to a reassessment of modern concussion protocols?

In the midst of a devastating epidemic of opioid abuse and misuse, a billionaire pharmaceutical maker has been granted a patent to treat opioid addiction, the Financial Times reported.

Speaking to a crowd at the University of Illinois, former President Barack Obama stated his support for "Medicare for All" last week.

In a new report, an association for the pharmaceutical industry has blamed rising healthcare costs on hospitals jacking up prices for prescription drugs.