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All this week, the healthcare industry, especially analysts and investors, focused their attention on presentations by CEOs and CFOs at the 34th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.

Young adult cancer survivors turn to crowdfunding to help pay off debt from treatment.

A proposal to reduce Medicare Part B payment rates for hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program has been approved 14-3 by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

The digital health panel at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference analyzed how the industry can move from collecting data to turning it into actionable and useful information.

Placing greater focus on patient experience can build trust between consumers and healthcare organizations, which important for the effectiveness of the healthcare system, said Ashish K. Jha, MD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

The National Immunotherapy Coalition has coalesced leaders from large pharma, biotech, academic cancer centers, community oncologists, and a health plan, with the hope of accelerating the development path of next generation immunotherapy in oncology.

What we're reading, January 14, 2016: President Obama proposes extending financial assistance for new states expanding Medicaid eligibility; Hillary Clinton goes hard after Bernie Sanders on single-payer healthcare; and health information exchanges reduce repeated imaging procedures.

Millions of unpaid family members care for elderly parents or relatives. But as baby boomers age, the government faces a quandary because there will be fewer adults age 45 to 64 available to fill that role.

Access to testing for early diagnosis of chronic conditions, and use of data to find care gaps, will reduce health disparities.

An infographic that looks at 3 factors impacting diabetes care, based on the keynote speech from Patient-Centered Diabetes Care 2015 from Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, of Joslin Diabetes Center.

The American Journal of Managed Care asked Matthew Banegas, PhD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, to comment on his new study published in Health Affairs.

Both patients and hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid benefited from the wider eligibility.

Last year, an FDA advisory panel called for an updated label for saxagliptin, but the agency is still gathering information.

At the 2016 J P Morgan Healthcare Conference, heads of the largest federal healthcare financing organization and the largest physician organization shared past achievements and future plans with investors and venture capitalists.

New Jersey's death rates from heroin are 3 times the national average, which have already quadrupled in the past decade. Chris Christie has won praise for his approach to drug addiction while campaigning for president.

What we're reading, January 13, 2016: at a recent healthcare investor conference pharmaceutical company executives showed no concern over public outrage of rising drug prices; the American Hospital Association urges MedPAC withdraw 340B payment proposal; and California lawmaker reintroduces "right-to-try" bill.

A recent study analyzed screening procedures of community health centers and was able to quantify the screening gap for hepatitis C according to gender and race/ethnicity.

Ahead of the president’s final State of the Union address, Democrats announced new plans to investigate drug prices in 2016.

ASCO's Task Force on Clinical Pathways demands greater transparency with pathway development, increased flexibility, and evidence of improved outcomes subsequent to pathway implementation.

Tele-ICU has been part of a model of care that has tremendous potential to positively affect patients and their families; however, the concept of tele-ICU still faces a few challenges.

Rates of uninsured dropped faster than almost anywhere in the nation, but Kynect is part of "Obamacare," and the new Republican Governor Matt Bevin has vowed that it must go. Advocates have a lot of questions about how hard-to-target populations will be reached and whether grant funds will have to be repaid.

At the J P Morgan Healthcare Conference, Express Scripts' president Tim Wentworth shared the solutions being developed by the pharmacy benefit manager to improve patient access while reducing cost to payers.

The kit began with a petition from an 11-year-old girl with T1D who wanted a doll that looked "just like me."

Robert Califf, MD, just unanimously won the Senate panel vote for advance his nomination for FDA commissioner. Now the nomination goes to the full Senate.

What we're reading, January 12, 2016: 43,000 people will lose their Affordable Care Act tax credits for failing to file a 2014 tax return; Kentucky's new governor will dismantle the state's health insurance exchange; and deciding whether to get that medical test.

Affordable Care Act marketplace assisters played a vital role in helping millions of people gain access to healthcare coverage during the first 2 open enrollment periods, a study in Health Affairs finds.

Grail, which has raised over $100 million from Illumina and the venture capital firm Arch Venture Partners, has also secured investments from Bill Gates, and Jeffrey P. Bezos.

Medicare's accountable care organization (ACO) initiatives now include a total of 477 participants across 4 different model types, including the 21 just announced as part of the new Next Generation ACO Model.

A new study finds that projected and planned-for modifications to Medicare Advantage by CMS could lead to major changes in payments based on geographic locations.

Following a personal tragedy, vice president Joe Biden has sworn to dedicate his last year in office to help boost cancer research.