The Dartmouth study is one of the first to examine the adoption of social risk screening, which increasingly is considered key to improving health outcomes.

Hospitals scored a big court win on site-neutral payments, but people who want to see payment reform warn that the issue isn't going away.

To hear some community members tell it, Ballad Health's local healthcare monopoly is in a near-catastrophic state of dysfunction, claims that Ballad officials fervently deny.

Catholic hospitals have faced lawsuits and controversy over application of their Ethical and Religious Directives that prohibit services such as gender transition surgery.

For the first time in its history, the American Medical Association will have three consecutive women presidents. They say the industry needs to be more intentional about promoting diversity.

The long-term partnership between the not-for-profit systems will unify their electronic health records as they look to streamline operations and build on their telemedicine capabilities.

David A. Jones Sr., who invested $1,000 to start a nursing home company that eventually became the $37 billion health insurance giant Humana, has died at age 88.

Even if the full state House approves a Medicaid expansion proposal, Senate Republicans have expressed strong opposition to the idea.

Lawmakers who want changes to the Medicaid DSH program still hope to negotiate some reforms, but the continuing resolution would secure hospitals' first-quarter payments, which are distributed by the states.

About 90,000 clinicians who participated in advanced alternative payment models in 2017 are concerned they still haven't received bonuses from the CMS.

The CMS is proposing bundled payments for radiation therapy to cut Medicare spending. Providers are worried about the impact on quality and their bottom lines.

While federal and state authorities have taken action to curb flavored vaping products after a spate of illnesses related to e-cigarettes, healthcare providers are searching for their role in addressing vaping dangers.

A growing focus on patient-centered care—sometimes being called person-centered care—at health systems is putting a spotlight on access, experience and the possibility of “hospital at home.”

State healthcare budgets grew by 7.3% from 2017 to 2018. New drug payment models can help states get Medicaid costs under control, but they face obstacles, according to a new report.

Tennessee is promising hospitals they can share savings from a proposed Medicaid block grant program, but patient advocates are skeptical.

A Houston-area hospital administrator was sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding Medicare of $16 million and ordered to pay nearly $6.3 million in restitution. The scheme involved bribes to steer Medicare beneficiaries to two hospitals.

Changes coming to the way skilled-nursing homes are paid will pinch SNFs that have boosted investment in therapy as well as those treating a smaller share of medically complex patients.

Nearly three-quarters of urban hospital markets are highly concentrated, drawing concern from researchers who warn that less competition can inflate healthcare costs.

Prosecutors allege the four defendants bribed doctors to send them prescriptions and received millions of dollars in reimbursements for medications they didn't send to patients or even have in stock.

Jonathan Bush has joined Firefly Health as executive chairman. He left Athenahealth last year in the wake of several allegations, including court documents that detailed "numerous physical altercations" with his now ex-wife.

The 19-hospital system serving the Chicago area loses its CEO and other executives amid industry upheaval, merger integration challenges.

A burgeoning market of operators offering population health management solutions is viewed by some as essential to help the healthcare industry move toward bigger investments in addressing social needs.

For the first time since President Donald Trump took office, both parties are mostly united in wanting to attack the practice of surprise billing and drug prices. But can they deliver?

The FDA has detected a "probable" cancer-causing chemical in Zantac and related medications, which are sold as both prescription and over-the-counter treatments.

Philip Esformes has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after his conviction on 20 counts in what prosecutors described as a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme.