For 2016, health insurance companies are seeking rate increases of 20 percent to 40 percent, the New York Times reports. State insurance regulators are currently reviewing the requests.

Biomarker testing may allay concerns yet provide little clinical benefit. Eliminating unneeded tests can save big bucks, one hospital has shown.

More than 60 percent of people responding to a survey approved of the Supreme Court’s June 25 ruling in the King v. Burwell case while nearly one-third disapproved of the decision. The court ruled that the federal government and states could continue offering subsidies to purchase coverage on health insurance exchanges that were created as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

In 2014, doctors and research hospitals collected $6.5 billion from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, Reuters reports. The figures were revealed in a report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that listed information on payments that 1,444 companies made to 607,000 physicians and more than 1,100 teaching hospitals.

The Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that people purchasing health insurance on the federal exchange can receive subsidies to help them afford the coverage. Still, Congressional and state opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act plan on dismantling the law piece by piece, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that subsidies to purchase health insurance on the exchanges would remain available nationwide. However, Politico notes that Republican leaders and many Americans still oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and some states are having trouble running their exchanges.

The Supreme Court finally made its ruling on King v. Burwell, a decision that affects the health insurance exchange concept in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Was this a disruption or a distraction?

On June 18, the federal government charged 243 individuals with participating in a Medicare fraud scheme totaling approximately $712 million in false billings. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force, a joint initiative between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services, led the investigation.