California's governor signed into law a bill that limits the reimbursement dialysis companies receive for kidney disease patients who get insurance premium assistance from third-party organizations.

The pay hikes came in a banner year for Chicago-based HCSC, which owns Blue Cross plans in five states. But at a time when healthcare spending and insurance premiums are rising, rich pay packages fuel controversy.

Cambia Health Solutions and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina officially called off their proposed affiliation days after the North Carolina insurer's former CEO was found guilty of charges connected to a June car accident.

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Oscar challenged Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida's policy of prohibiting its brokers from selling other insurers' plans. But a federal judge threw out the lawsuit.

UnitedHealth Group kicked off the third quarter earnings report season with positive results in many key indicators. More reports will be added as they come in.

A nurses' union accused Albany Medical Center of effectively forcing Filipino nurses to continue working there under the threat of severe financial penalties and deportation in a federal lawsuit.

The New Jersey health system and hospital look to join forces as fewer independent hospitals remain.

The safety-net chain plans to close a unit at its rehabilitation hospital due to changes in Medicare's skilled-nursing payment system.

Alarmed by a rash of recent hospital closings, Georgia lawmakers are now requiring executives and board members at almost all the state's rural hospitals to receive training on subjects like financial management and strategic planning.

Dr. Harold Paz, a CEO based near where the next Democratic debate is taking place, offers up five questions the candidates should be asked.

A recent push from the Food and Drug Administration to find alternatives to ethylene oxide, a gas used to sterilize about 50% of the nation’s medical devices, is challenged by the lack of substitutes and the industry’s huge reliance on the gas.

The New Hampshire attorney general's office said Littleton Regional Hospital can withdraw from an affiliation with other North Country hospitals if it pays a withdrawal fee of at least $2.5 million and meets other conditions.

Nearly 30% of members enrolled in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans will be in plans with four stars or more in 2020, up from just 3.5% last year.

The gap in the skill sets between business leaders and physician leaders deserves more attention, especially with the rise of value-based care.

A list of the nation's largest business graduate schools for physician-executives, ranked by number of full-time students enrolled in the 2018-19 year.

With six years of experience as a chief nurse informatics officer, Kristin Wolkart, now president of St. Francis Medical Center, knows how to speak tech. And as a trained nurse, she’s equally as comfortable putting things into perspective for clinicians.

Updates to the self-referral and anti-kickback laws offer providers more flexibility in the gradual pursuit of risk-based payments, but issues like data-gathering and -sharing still pose major hurdles.

Minneapolis-based health insurance company Bright Health has partnered with University Hospitals to offer Medicare Advantage plans to residents of the Cleveland and Akron areas in 2020.

The idea that moving fee-for-service payments closer to commercial rates would save taxpayers money or lead to “fiscal sustainability” is absurd on its face. It would actually sharply increase Medicare payouts.

Three judges on a federal appeals court appeared unconvinced that Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky support the program's mission, since the provisions will curb Medicaid enrollment.

Federal judges in New York and Washington have issued national preliminary injunctions preventing the Trump administration's public charge rule from taking effect on Oct. 15.

The FDA is recommending providers begin using the disposable form of a popular and costly scope, but infection experts have safety concerns.

Zacks Investment Research predicts the UnitedHealth Group's revenue will total $59.6 billion, 5.4% higher than the same period last year. Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson is also expected to release its Q3 earnings before the markets open.

New CDC guidance advises providers to ask all patients with respiratory symptoms about past use of e-cigarettes. The guidance comes as cases of illness related to such products continue to rise.

Healthcare recruiters and executives hope new succession-planning processes, streamlined reporting structures, mission-driven investments and a team-based approach to healthcare will create a more fulfilling work environment.