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State laws in a handful of states offer an attractive way for hospitals to recover relatively small unpaid debts by collecting them through patients’ tax refunds.

Before leaving his post as FDA commissioner in April, Gottlieb stood out in the Trump administration by accomplishing the rare feat of earning praise from Republicans and Democrats alike, who hope his policies stick.

McLaren Health Care Corp., a 14-hospital not-for-profit system based in Grand Blanc, Mich., is fighting back against a state order that it take further measures to reduce potential patient exposure to the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease.

Mounting fears of a "hard" Brexit and an escalating tariff battle between the U.S. and China are compounding anxieties at the drugstore chain.

A new Texas law will increase a state fund subsidizing unreimbursed trauma care by $31 million and repeal a controversial program that previously benefited hospitals.

The Senate health committee holds its first hearing on draft legislation intended to address cost and transparency.

Pfizer is delving deeper into cancer research with a roughly $11.4 billion deal for Array BioPharma, a drug developer that has seen its shares soar since announcing positive clinical trial results earlier this spring.

Staffing companies that serve hospitals are particularly vulnerable as emergency department volumes decline and health systems develop predictive tools to better measure demand.

The Trump administration conceded in the final rule that it will have to closely watch whether the policy adversely affects the ACA individual markets.

Three drug companies are suing to block the CMS rule forcing them to disclose their prices in consumer ads.

After MD Anderson Cancer Center reported an adverse blood transfusion event to the Food and Drug Administration, the CMS found other safety violations during a series of surveys.

Recent actions by lawmakers to address the rising maternal death rate have raised optimism among stakeholders that their yearslong efforts to create a national infrastructure of quality measures for maternity care may be realized.

Leaders of health systems recently convened at Modern Healthcare’s Social Determinants of Health Symposium in Cleveland to discuss their efforts to address patients’ social needs.

A judge wrote that a clause in the 2014 consent decree involving UPMC and Highmark can't be used to get around the deal's explicit end date.

Given the change and disruption in healthcare from rising consumerism, regulatory reform and the shift to value-based care, now is the time to seek a more representative mix in healthcare leadership.

Jamestown Regional Medical Center closed its doors one day after the CMS cut off its Medicare billing privileges and one year after it was purchased by a Florida lab test company.

Cúram Software, a company IBM Corp. acquired in 2011, allegedly misrepresented product capabilities during a contract award process for the development of Maryland's health insurance exchange website.

A data breach at a healthcare clearinghouse based in Puerto Rico exposed data on nearly 1.6 million of its customers' patients.

Allscripts' latest acquisition is part of an effort to build up Veradigm, the company's rebranded payer and life sciences business.

A statewide coalition has launched a campaign to put the question to voters if Medicaid coverage should be expanded to thousands of uninsured Oklahomans.

A bill requiring public and private insurance companies to cover abortion is now law in Maine with Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' signature Thursday.

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