Community Health Systems upped the size of its offering by $1 billion from $750 million the same day it was launched due to investor demand.

The career civil servant will lead the massive federal agency until President Joe Biden announces his permanent pick for CMS' helm.

A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine, and tens of thousands of people who managed to get appointments for a first dose are seeing them canceled.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai talks with Modern Healthcare about telehealth barriers, the agency's new Connected Care Pilot Program and why he hopes to continue working on telehealth issues after stepping down from his agency post.

A new CDC director is arriving to a mammoth task: reasserting the agency while the pandemic is in its deadliest phase yet and the nation's largest-ever vaccination campaign is wracked by confusion and delays.

Live updates from Modern Healthcare on the coronavirus outbreak and how COVID-19 is affecting the healthcare industry.

A pharmacy responsible for distributing the coronavirus vaccine to Ohio nursing homes failed to document storage temperatures for leftover shots, resulting in 890 doses being wasted.

Prosecutors said doctors agreed to improperly waive co-pays for certain Medicare patients with chronic conditions who enrolled in care management services provided by Henry's company, MyPractice24.

Mesa Biotech will become part of Thermo Fisher's Life Sciences Solutions business segment.

CMS will provide coverage for FDA-authorized, blood-based screening tests for Medicare beneficiaries when certain requirements are met, including that the patient is between 50 and 85 years old, asymptomatic and at average risk of developing colorectal cancer.

The Surgeon General report said community health investments will improve businesses' bottom lines and the health of the economy.

HHS has delayed a Provider Relief Fund grant recognition deadine originally set for Feb. 15. The agency has not yet announced a new deadline.

After more than a decade of gradual losses, nursing home employment began a free fall in April as the novel coronavirus spread across the country. And it hasn't recovered.

Louisiana's chief public health officer warned hospitals, pharmacies and clinics that they should not be steering their coronavirus vaccine doses solely to their own patients.

Carilion Clinic, CoxHealth and Geisinger Health are among the systems outsourcing such technology services as support, cybersecurity and data management.

Nearly 30 announced hospital deals in the fourth quarter signaled that hospital executives are more comfortable with the virtual due diligence process and that finances have stabilized, M&A experts said.

Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, talked with Modern Healthcare Managing Editor Matthew Weinstock about what the industry can expect during the early days of the Biden administration.

Public health experts are not uniformly backing the Biden administration’s plans to speed up mass vaccination efforts after missteps that have slowed the rollout.  

The agency also signed off on its controversial proposal to fully base Medicare Advantage payments on encounter data.

The newly public price information could shake the industry, equipping insurers and large employers to drive harder bargains with hospitals. Savings eventually could filter down to patients through lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs.

This year's popular J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference was held virtually, which means companies didn't get their usual face time with investors. Instead, they tried to stand out virtually.

Providence has named its interim CFO, Greg Hoffman, as its chief financial officer. He replaces Venkat Bhamidipati, who left in 2020 to become CFO of McAfee.

Andrea Palm will work to fulfill Biden's pledge to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines and speed up the rate of vaccinations.