Eli Lilly & Co. says it will push ahead with a first-of-a-kind imaging chemical designed to help screen for Alzheimer's disease, despite a negative ruling by Medicare officials.

New Jersey has received a $1 million federal grant aimed at getting more eligible children enrolled in NJ FamilyCare, a subsidized health insurance program.

The Rhode Island Senate has confirmed the former chief executive of The Miriam Hospital as the state's health insurance commissioner.

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has visited two Detroit-area hospitals to push his message for expanding Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults under the federal health care law.

US stocks are starting the second half of 2013 on a positive note after the market closed out its best first half of a year in more than a decade.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is buying The Hartford's British variable annuity business for about $285 million.

State Insurance Superintendent John Franchini was selected Wednesday to remain as New Mexico's top insurance regulator when his office becomes an independent governmental agency next month.

Chairman and CEO John Hammergren payout is many times larger the average benefit paid to CEOs in the S&P 500.