At a time when chronic disease is eclipsing infectious outbreaks, the United States is working to find its role in the worldwide healthcare conversation.

CMS announced Nov. 30 it has finalized the cancellation of mandatory cardiac bundled payment programs and plans to introduce voluntary bundles soon.

An interim final rule issued Nov. 29 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow schools to serve low-fat, flavored milk and ease requirements for sodium reduction and whole-grain offerings beginning with the 2018-19 school year.

Altering the prices of seven major food groups could save more than 23,000 lives a year in the United States by slashing cardiometabolic risks, a study published in BMC Medicine this week reports.

Physicians have increased preventive screening for some cardiovascular risk factors since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, a new study found, but women remain less likely than men to receive aspirin therapy to guard against heart attack and stroke.

Five newly proposed care and payment models could ease Americans’ worries about affordability and quality care in their health system, according to a review published in JAMA Cardiology this month.

Medtronic reported worldwide revenue of $7.05 billion for the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, a decrease of 4 percent driven by the sale of its Patient Care, Deep Vein Thrombosis (Compression) and Nutritional Insufficiency businesses to Cardinal Health at the beginning of the quarter.

Despite a growing number of states requiring high school students to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), nearly 700,000 students graduate each year without receiving training due to lack of legislation, according to a review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.