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Mobile device health apps have the potential to transform healthcare, but their exploding use is also giving rise to new concerns about privacy and security.

A Geisinger Health Plan telemonitoring program for heart failure patients significantly reduced hospital readmissions, cut the cost of care for members, improved the efficiency of care managers and delivered a 3.3 return on investment, according to a new study.

As healthcare reform enters its second year, insurers and exchange vendors complain that interoperability continues to plague the carrier-facing side of federal and state exchanges.

In what may be the biggest breach in healthcare, as many as 80 million records of current and former Anthem customers have been hacked, The New York Times reported.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it has selected Accenture Federal Services for a five-year, $563 million contract to continue Accenture’s work on the federally facilitated marketplace in support of healthcare.gov.

Customers at 7-11 stores who use a bill-paying system will receive information promoting the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period on their printed receipts, allowing HHS to reach financially underserved consumers.

The industry is challenged by a number of issues in 2015 including cost control, technology threats, and the emerging consumer market.

With more than 40,000 health and wellness apps on the market today, consumers of all ages are responding to health care they can access on-the-go.