Medicaid expansion played a key role in providing Americans more coverage, with states that expanded the program yielding the highest reduction in uninsured rates from 2013 to 2016.
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Industry analysts are speculating that Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana could merge after two judges recently blocked their previous mergers, Reuters reports.
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Horsham, Pa.-based Flower Orthopedics released its FlowerAdvantage Program, a multilevel initiative designed to reduce an ASC's cost of care.
Frederick Gandolfo, MD, penned a column for Gastroenterology & Endoscopy on the possible use of frozen stool in treating Clostridium difficile.
Athens-based East Texas Medical Center expanded its gastroenterology lab, The Athens Review reports.
The second circuit court in New York reviewed claims that Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals delayed a competitor from releasing a generic version of Actos, a diabetes drug, Court House News reports.
More physicians than expected are offering end-of-life counseling services, according to newly released CMS data, AZ Central reports.