Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension and several other home healthcare organizations are forming a coalition to open up reimbursement at home long after the pandemic is over.

Aetna has asked a federal court to issue sanctions against neonatal services supplier Mednax, alleging the company failed to protect records relevant to a $50 million billing dispute.

The largest recorded increase of drug overdose deaths occurred from May 2019 to May 2020, with a significant increase from March to May that was likely fueled by the staggering economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Officials at community health centers that are considered the backbone of the safety net for the poor in the U.S., focused on health equity, say they are not receiving enough doses for their patients—the very at-risk residents the state needs to vaccinate.

The U.S. has administered nearly 80 million shots in a vaccination drive now hitting its stride, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Xavier Becerra is paying a price for defending, as California attorney general, some of the nation's most liberal laws and policies on abortion rights.

A Michigan biomedical technology firm would run the Near South Side hospital, which Trinity Health had been seeking to close.

The solid start to the three-month special enrollment period indicates a pent-up demand for health insurance as the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the one-year mark and many people remain unemployed or unable to work as many hours as they did before the outbreak.

CtW Investment Group cited an analysis that found HCA admits far more Medicare patients than the national average.

There has been a stark rise in demand for children's mental healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many experts feel children's mental health is the next great healthcare crisis.

Telehealth has proved popular amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but providers still may not know the long-term outcomes of that delivery method, experts said at a House subcommittee hearing.

Skilled-nursing facilities cut therapist staffing levels after the transition to PDPM and did not offset those changes with other hiring, according to a new study.

Highmark Health's 5 million insurance members will gain access to more chronic care interventions as Alphabet-backed diabetes management provider Onduo branches into the field.

A disagreement over provider reimbursement rates will soon leave more than 830,000 patients out-of-network at Oklahoma's largest physician group.

Democrats sorted through lingering disagreements over emergency jobless benefits and other issues, preparing to commence Senate debate on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan that would deliver a major victory to President Joe Biden.

Regional health systems are working together more than ever to combat COVID-19, and are hopeful the collaborative spirit will endure, if regulators allow it.

Clinical measures adopted to address COVID patients have staying power beyond the pandemic.

BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina's medical claims reached the highest point ever, driven by high COVID-19 and specialty drug costs and a reduction in ACA plan premiums.

This list includes data points on rank, facility name, location, ownership type, net patient revenue and total acute-care beds.

Children and adolescents must be vaccinated to get the pandemic under control. Once a high percentage of the population is vaccinated or has had COVID-19, the disease may be no more disruptive than annual influenza seasons.

Medicare Advantage insurers are increasingly worried about how their ability to capture individuals' risk scores will impact their profits in the coming years.

Across the U.S., 174 rural hospitals have closed since 2005, and 47% of all rural hospitals have a negative operating margin. Yet, reason for optimism has emerged.