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JAMA published a study analyzing which specialties charged more than the Medicare program actually pays, with anesthesiologists topping the list.
U.S. District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson is expected to block the pending merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, the New York Post reports.
A study published in JAMA Surgery outlined a scoring system physicians can use to determine risk of adverse events for pregnant women after undergoing an appendectomy or cholecystectomy, MedPage Today reports.
Prescott, Ariz.-based Yavapai Regional Medical Center named Gastroenterologist Mark Thomas Worthington, MD, its physician of the year, the Daily Courier reports.
The Washington, D.C.-based National Quality Forum selected Shantanu Agrawal, MD, as its next president and CEO.
Munzoor Shaikh, a director at Chicago-based West Monroe Partners, a healthcare business and technology consulting firm, shared his thoughts on the healthcare sector's future for 2017 with Health Leaders Media.
CMS announced that 359,000 physicians intend to participate in four of CMS' Alternative Payment Models in 2017.
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. is acquiring Cambridge, Mass.-based CoLucid Pharmaceuticals for $960 million, the Indianapolis Business Journal reports.
Israel-based Check-Cap enrolled its first patient in a multi-center study as it works to earn a CE Mark for its C-Scan system.