After reporting nearly $18 million in savings for the employers current participating in its bundled payment programs for spinal surgeries and joint replacements, UnitedHealth Group announced it will expand the program to nine additional markets.

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have created a tool capable of predicting if patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) will develop a deadly form of the cancer. Findings were published May 9 in Science Translational Medicine.

Researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have developed artificial intelligence (AI) with the aim to improve the accuracy of patient-specific clinical target volumes in cancer patients. Findings were published in the June 2018 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology.

A former Bowling Green, Kentucky, cardiologist was sentenced to eight years in prison May 7 after pleading guilty to 31 counts of healthcare fraud, 14 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and one count of conspiring to distribute controlled substances that were not for a legitimate medical purpose.

The implementation of an early warning score communication bundle significantly decreased intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, according to a study published in the May 2018 issue of the American Journal of Critical Care.

The potential of genetic testing for chronic disease is substantial—and these possible positives are understood by many primary care providers (PCPs). Still, many feel unprepared to deal with patients at high risk for such conditions, while others questioned their ability to interpret genetic testing results.

Some cardiovascular practices have begun using time value units (TVUs) to level the playing field between specialties and better account for non-relative value unit (RVU) activities that may still be important to care delivery.

The potential of genetic testing for chronic disease is substantial—and these possible positives are understood by many primary care providers (PCPs). Still, many feel unprepared to deal with patients at high risk for such conditions, while others questioned their ability to interpret genetic testing results.