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An analysis examining Medicare data found that the number of elderly beneficiaries receiving narcotic painkillers and anti-anxiety medications drastically increased from 2007 to 2012.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that makes it easier for patients to receive VA-paid treatment from their local doctors as a way to combat the longer waits for care at Veterans Affairs facilities.

The recent conversation regarding the abuse of prescription drugs that provide pain relief has some federal government officials calling this epidemic a "growing national crisis". While prescriptions such as Vicodin, OxyContin and other opioid drugs help patients with chronic pain, the White House is asking doctors to curtail their use of prescription opioids.

After an exceedingly high Medicaid enrollment this spring, Michigan became the second state to offer incentives and rewards for participants who agree to do health risk assessments with their physicians once a year as well as work to take the proper steps that improve their overall health.

A study conducted at the Johns Hopkins University demonstrates improved detection of prostate cancer metastasis following the injection of 18F-DCFBC, which binds PSMA.

The agreement will help develop Rosetta's thyroid neoplasia assay.

Personal health information may be key to reducing the costs of care. To work most efficiently, patient participation and compliance will be necessary.

Nearly 10% of women treated with herceptin were found to be susceptible to heart risks, which reversed once treatment was halted.

Autism exacts a heavy toll on families across the country, but what is the financial cost of the disorder?

Kathleen Sebelius handed leadership of the Health and Human Services Department to her successor on Monday and wished new Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell the best of luck.

Patients who want to compare prices for prostate-cancer surgery may find it rough going: a study has found a 13-fold difference in prices quoted by 100 hospitals across the United States. Moreover, most provided little more than broad estimates, and only three gave a hard copy of the charges.

The continued advances in cancer treatment are improving patient survival, but the healthcare industry is bursting at its seams.

Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., parent company of Taiho Oncology, announced recently that its combination drug for refractory metastatic colorectal cancer met its primary endpoint in a phase 3 global RECOURSE trial.

From coast to coast, people say that their health coverage and care are too expensive.

The federal health-care law was intended to create a uniform standard of health coverage across the U.S. But the law also is creating opportunities for states to pursue their own solutions.

New studies suggest that privately insured patients may receive better cancer care than Medicaid beneficiaries. Although a variety of factors impact patient access to cancer treatment, low-income patients were found to have greater difficulty with navigating health systems.

Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove will not take over the scandal-ridden Veterans Affairs Department and will remain in his current job.

Weight loss surgery might have more value than simply helping morbidly obese people to shed unhealthy extra pounds. It reduces their risk of cancer to rates almost similar to those of people of normal weight.

With specialty pharmaceuticals carrying extremely high-and rising-costs, nonadherence and discontinuation of therapy is becoming even more commonplace. The value-based insurance design (V-BID) model, so termed by A. Mark Fendrick, MD, Dean Smith, PhD, and Michael Chernew, MD, promotes personalized patient care by easing access to specialty medications while reducing the number of prescribed treatments of lesser value as a replacement.

Deneen Vojta, MD, UnitedHealth Group, says that the healthcare landscape is shifting to delivery models that focus on greater value-based care, such as accountable care models.

Teresa Pearson, MS, RN, CDE, Innovative Health Care Designs, LLC, uses her experience as a diabetes educator to discuss how community care teams can build an effective virtual healthcare delivery system.

Jan Berger, MD, MJ, moderates a discussion on the evolution of the diabetes care team. She is joined by Starlin Haydon-Greatting, MS, BSPharm, FAPhA , Geoffrey Joyce, PhD, Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH, and Rebecca Killion, MA.

The White House is considering Toby Cosgrove, MD, president and CEO, Cleveland Clinic, to be the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A study conducted at the GW Cancer Institute identified issues faced by cancer care institutes in adopting patient-centered care programs.

Pristine nanotubes produced through a new process can be modified to carry drugs to tumors through gaps in blood-vessel walls that larger particles cannot fit through. The nanotubes may then target and infiltrate the cancerous cells' nuclei, where the drugs can be released through sonication.

Accountable Care Organizations have given little attention to surgery in the early years of the Medicare program, choosing to focus instead on managing chronic conditions and reducing hospital readmissions.

Medicaid enrollment surged by more than 1 million people in April, bringing the total growth in the state-federal health insurance program for the poor since September to about 6 million, the Obama administration said Wednesday.

Onartuzumab (MetMab)did not improve PFS when combined with erlotinib (Tarceva) in the METLung trial.

This panel, led by moderator Dennis Scanlon, PhD, Penn State University, asks the question, "Why should a payer or a plan be involved in patient care?" Dr Scanlon is joined by panelists Teresa Pearson, MS, RN, CDE, FAADE; Deneen Vojta, MD; Todd Prewitt, MD, FAAFP; and Amy Tenderich.