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An Avalere study found the American Health Care Act will lower Medicaid spending for children by $43 billion over a 10-year period, according to The Hill.

David Niesel, PhD, and Norbert Herzog, PhD, published a blog post in the Huffington Post examining factors driving infectious disease outbreaks.

An analysis found surgeons' surgical hats are not tied to a higher risk for surgical site infection or surgical site occurrences that require procedural intervention, according to General Surgery News.

A study published in BMJ found when older physicians treated inpatients, those patients had a higher 30-day mortality than patients receiving treatment from younger physicians, according to Medscape.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center completed the steel construction phase of its new outpatient center — David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care, according to healthcare design.

Opioid abuse is taking the nation by storm, with some states and U.S. regions experiencing more severe cases than others.

The FDA is advocating for a multidisciplinary approach to pain management, which may include chiropractic care and acupuncture as an alternative to prescription opioids, according to STAT News.

Consumer Reports listed some considerations patients should take to ensure ASCs can perform certain procedures safely.

Wall Township, NJ.-based Osteo Relief Institute Jersey Shore is facing harsh scrutiny after state officials found providers neglected to adhere to CDC standard hygiene practices, possibly causing 40 patients to develop knee septic arthritis, according to philly.com.

Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and St. Joseph's Health Care researchers found late-career physicians and those from high-volume practices are more likely to prescribe antibiotic prescriptions for nonbacterial acute upper respiratory infections, according to Medscape. Both organizations are in…