Computer hackers are increasingly targeting doctors and hospitals and are costing the U.S. healthcare system $6 billion. In 2014, 88.4 million people had their health records breached, nearly twice as many as in 2010.

AstraZeneca led the pack of pharmaceutical companies for revenue from cardiovascular drugs in 2014, according to a PMLive analysis. But of the top 10 companies, only Bayer and Takeda posted growth in sales that year. Here are figures for the leading companies.

Amarin Pharma sued the FDA on May 7 and declared it had the constitutional right to discuss off-label use of drugs with doctors, the New York Times reports.

In 2013, the federal government spent $103 billion on prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries, the New York Times reports.

It turns out the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) can’t turn itself on a dime, and as a result, some doctors will see reimbursement cut by 21.1 percent temporarily. The Senate’s 10 p.m. vote on April 15 to repeal the sustainable growth rate formula came too late for CMS to pull the switch on cuts fully, The Hill reported. CMS promised to reprocess Medicare claims for shortchanged physicians after it updates the system.

The New York Times editorial writers favored swift passage of a bipartisan bill that fixes the sustainable growth rate (SGR) problem that has vexed doctors for years. They also chastised the Senate for postponing action until their return from recess on April 13, leaving “an irresponsible short time to consider such important legislation.”

The introduction of injectable PCSK9 enzyme inhibitors to manage cholesterol—and the sticker shock the drug’s price will bring to consumers—might be the impetus for the healthcare system to develop consensus about the pricing of specialty medications.

The New York Times Upshot section considers “heart doctors as a great example” of the consequences of the shift from private to employed practice: higher fees because of Medicare’s funding system. The current budget proposal attempts to eliminate that gap, according to the article.