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As the healthcare industry makes its move towards value-based care, a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit says the U.S. is only moderately aligned with the policy on a global basis, Healthcare Dive reports.

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority researchers used big data analytic tools from SAS to identify differences in patient safety issues between males and females, according to Health IT Analytics.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) defended his daughter and Mylan CEO Heather Bresch after she faced questions from heated lawmakers concerning her company's huge profits, according to The Hill.

Facebook Founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, MD, are donating at least $3 billion over the next 10 years to fight diseases, according to The New York Times.

Sixteen public health, patient advocacy, health professional and disease organizations are raising alarm about the proposed legislation, "Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2016."

People over 65 years old are falling at epidemic rates and providers across the nation are struggling to understand this stark increase, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

In a recent article, Anne Dean of The ADA Group reivews where you should focus your compliance efforts.

The Ohio Department of Health released the top 10 citations for ASCs, according to an Ohio Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers report.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Colorado Medicaid over denying Coloradans access to a drug with a 90 percent success rate in treating hepatitis C, the Denver Post reports.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives are joining forces to offer the Precision Medicine Alliance.