While a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission study found that 340B hospitals don't have incentives to buy more expensive drugs, it didn't account for differences in disease progression or a critical change in 340B payments.

Shannon Sartin, former director of digital service at the CMS, said she will return to the agency as chief technology officer of its Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.

There were 85 hospital transactions last year, which marked the second-lowest total since 2009, Ponder & Co.'s data show.

The $45 million pledge will feed into a new $750 million California fund that providers could use to pay rents or subsidize affordable housing or to help board-and-care homes.

Erin Asprec, Memorial Hermann's current chief transformation officer, will oversee the Houston-based system's 17 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient clinics.

Advocate Aurora Health's chief financial officer expanded on the health system's recently announced plan to more than double its revenue by 2025. He said consolidation will be one strategy.

The wholesale distribution giant warned customers that it is coordinating with the FDA to recall the widely used AAMI Level 3 surgical gowns.

On-the-ground reports from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, including CMS Administrator Seema Verma's claim that more states will choose to relinquish their federal Medicaid match in favor of block grants and waivers.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted to recommend increasing payments to hospitals, but it wants them to rely less on fee-for-service and boost quality and efficiency.

A CMS spokesman confirmed Goodrich will be leaving some time next month. News reports claim she'll be a senior vice president at Humana charged with improving quality outcomes.

Christus Trinity Mother Frances Health System developed an electronic system that automatically alerts the health system's local organ procurement organization when a dying patient has qualified as a possible organ donor.

If the rule is finalized, faith-based providers no longer would have to refer patients to an alternative provider if they don't offer a service for religious reasons.

While black and Hispanic adult uninsured rates dramatically declined thanks to the Affordable Care Act, that progress has largely stalled in recent years, according to a new study.

The median salary for the CEO of a New York metropolitan-area hospital or health system was more than $1.1 million in 2017, plus about $58,000 in other compensation such as retirement-plan contributions and fringe benefits.

The journey toward value-based care isn’t easy, but it’s necessary, and the destination is beneficial for healthcare systems, employees and everyone they serve.

A new, nonpartisan health policy center plans to release between eight and 12 pieces of model legislation to help states lower healthcare spending.

Connecticut, Maine, Colorado and Wisconsin are among the states where payers are limiting healthcare price growth.

David Duvall, who was hired last year as Henry Ford Health System's senior vice president, chief marketing, communications and experience officer, was terminated earlier this week.

Hospitals will need more social workers to address the social determinants of health, but these professionals are having trouble getting the payments and licenses they need to deliver care.

Nebraska's Medicaid waiver could beat legal scrutiny by creating a two-tiered Medicaid expansion with a work requirement, but critics say the plan is too complicated, ill-conceived and won't help people work or get the care they need.

Wyoming essentially proposed making air ambulances into a public utility by making all residents eligible for Medicaid coverage of air ambulances regardless of their income level.

Some hospitals and health systems are finding ways to hire social workers for their unique set of skills.

ResMed, a San Diego-based company that sells sleep apnea machines, will pay $37.5 million to settle allegations that it provided kickbacks to obtain customer referrals.

The fast-growing Medicare Advantage market shows no signs of slowing down, as UnitedHealthcare reports outsized enrollment growth during the latest annual enrollment period.

Better communication and coordination is essential—that means between caregivers and with patients and their family members.

While more health systems and insurers are trying to address loneliness given its clear impact on health, finding and scaling effective solutions are major challenges.

Teladoc Health expects its latest acquisition to better position the company in the provider market.