The resources serve as a “step forward” as the agency looks to propose enforceable standards, HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm said in a statement.

Two large insurers based in Oakland, Calif., are implementing tougher security measures in response to rising crime in the city’s downtown, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Jan. 26. Kaiser Permanente is recommending employees in downtown Oakland stay in their office buildings during lunch, according to a memo obtained by Fox affiliate KTVU. The memo was prompted by street robberies ...

More than 21.3 million people will be enrolled in an Affordable Care Act during this year’s open enrollment period, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today. Almost five million more people have signed up for a plan this year than last year, with open enrollment set to continue through the end of January ...

The specialty pharmacy could be valued at more than $4 billion in a sale, but a deal might slow the U.S. Healthcare segment’s drive toward profitability.

California health care workers banking on a state-ordered minimum wage increase later this year might have to wait a little longer. Because of the state’s $38 billion projected budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said he is seeking changes to a law he signed just three months ago that set the health care industry on a path ...

After she was diagnosed at age 48 with Type 1 diabetes, Stacey Silverman muddled through her days with high blood sugar, fatigue and splitting headaches. Taking a long-acting form of insulin called Levemir, one of many types of the hormone on the market, resolved those blood sugar swings. Now the 55-year-old Dallas-area resident worries her ...