UPS has expanded its sights from hospital campuses to peoples' homes as it looks to broaden its drone delivery program.

Health insurance premiums for benchmark Affordable Care Act exchange plans will decrease in 2020 for the second year in a row, and most shoppers will have more plan choices.

Humana is suing a slew of pharmaceutical companies for allegedly fixing the prices of widely used generic drugs to boost their profits at the expense of insurers.

Low-income areas have seen higher rates of pharmacy closures in recent years, and that's limiting those communities' access to drugs and driving health disparities.

The bill would fix the so-called "rural glitch" to increase payments to doctors and hospitals participating in rural ACOs. Provider groups say it would "level the playing field" between urban and rural ACOs.

Two seemingly innocuous computer commands, copy-and-paste, can lead to patient safety and reimbursement issues. Hospitals are developing policies for appropriate use of the shortcut, but they may need to look upstream.

NYU School of Medicine saw a 47% spike in medical school applications since announcing it was covering the cost of tuition for full-time students.

It's been nearly four weeks since bacteria that can cause Legionnaires' disease was found in the water system of St. Elizabeths Hospital in the nation's capital.

The proposal will likely upset conservatives because it would increase tobacco taxes and does not include a work requirement for program participants.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is concerned that new Medicare payments that would favor home dialysis and kidney transplants over in-center dialysis might not work for a lot of patients and providers.

The tentative deal settles claims brought by two Ohio counties against distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson and the manufacturer Teva. The case would have been the first federal trial over the crisis.

Even the most environmentally aware hospitals could do more to coordinate efforts addressing social determinants of health with sustainability programs.

UnitedHealthcare is ramping up a prior authorization policy intended to shift outpatient surgeries to lower-cost settings outside of the hospital, a move that could put a dent in hospital revenue.

Medicaid enrollment is down, but rising drug costs, provider rate hikes and long-term care expenses are propelling Medicaid spending.

Dr. Karen DeSalvo, who led HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology during the Obama administration and resigned from Humana's board of directors earlier this week to "avoid the appearance of any conflict of interest," is Google's latest health hire.

The new company, to be based in Cleveland, will offer virtual care from Cleveland Clinic's experts through American Well's digital health technology platform.

The wrongful death suit alleges Geisinger knew the neonatal intensive care unit of its flagship hospital in Danville was "dangerous, defective and contaminated" but continued filling its beds and hid the obvious danger from parents.

Health systems with certain variable-rate debt obligations are concerned about a proposed accounting standard change that would require they be classified as current on their balance sheets.

Currently, women often must wait several days or even weeks after a follow-up mammogram before they know the results. GE and Premier want to change that.

Arizona's Medicaid work requirement and other proposed changes to the program were supposed to go into effect next year. The state is suspending the plan as the courts scrutinize other states' work requirement waivers.

The presence of immigration authorities is becoming increasingly common at healthcare facilities around the country, and hospitals are struggling with where to draw the line to protect patients' rights amid rising immigration enforcement in the Trump administration.

New curative treatments are too expensive and inaccessible for many patients, Verma said. Experts worry that healthcare costs will grow and access will suffer as more treatments hit the market.

A House committee plans to examine the administration’s effort to ‘sabotage’ healthcare.

If Trump's anger over the Pelosi-initiated impeachment probe sinks the effort, lawmakers of both parties would face voters next year with nothing to show on a top consumer issue.

Female nurses could be at increased risk of developing respiratory illnesses when regularly coming in contact with cleaning products and disinfectants, according to a new study.

The CMS will change how it monitors nursing home inspectors after receiving complaints about infrequent, badly timed inspections.

The Urban Institute's findings could help Democratic presidential candidates like Joe Biden who favor cheaper, more incremental reforms.

Methodist Hospitals is warning more than 68,000 patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, may have been exposed during a data breach.

The hospital will be replaced by the emergency department and medical offices for primary and specialty care. Patients who need to be admitted for a hospital stay will be treated at other facilities.

When individuals with dementia are admitted to the hospital, it can be a traumatic, confusing experience for them. UNC Health Care is training staff to help.