Trinity Health sold its interests in the health plan to Highmark Health for $127 million in August.

The contract hinges on a pledge by the governor to devote up to $35 million annually for the union’s health fund.

The voluntary adjustments were announced as the systems are seeing "unprecedented" demand for inpatient care across their facilities and a significant increase in unvaccinated patients being hospitalized due to COVID.

The gross profit from PBM-owned mail order and specialty pharmacies grew to $10.1 billion in 2019, up 13% from $8.9 billion in 2017.

A research group has been tracking reinfections in South Africa and reported a jump with the arrival of omicron that they hadn't seen when two previous variants.

HHS found Medicare telehealth flexibilities led to 63-fold increase in utilitization in 2020.

President Joe Biden framed his latest plan for fighting COVID-19 as an opportunity to at last put an end to divisiveness over the virus, calling the politicization of the issue a “sad, sad commentary.”

If we have enough combined data at our fingertips, we can shorten the time it takes to solve emerging and pressing medical questions as they unfold. This is where hospitals play a critical role.

The surge of COVID-19 cases dampened healthcare job growth in November. Employment was effectively flat from October.

Physician assistants are pushing to be renamed “physician associates,” complaining their title is belittling and doesn’t convey what they do. “We don’t assist,” they insist. Doctors’ groups fear there’s more than just a name in play.

Oklahoma has enrolled over 200,000 people in Medicaid so far, while Missouri has enrolled fewer. Why are two such similar states handling the public insurance rollout so differently?

Nearly 2,000 terminally ill Californians have used a 2015 law to end their lives with a doctor’s assistance. A revision of the law will make it easier to do so.

Measures used to counter the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, even in the face of the new omicron version of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Friday, while acknowledging that the travel restrictions imposed by some countries may buy time.

Multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, health officials said Thursday, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota.

Some hospitals stopped carrying out their vaccination efforts after a judge halted the CMS rule but are preparing for a potential reinstatement.

More than one-quarter of Medicare beneficiaries and 5.3% of privately insured adults spent more than 1% of their household income on their out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.

The startup raised more than $60 million to support the new venture, building on an existing partnership between the two companies.

ACA signups for 2022 are the most so far in five years.

The proposals include state tax credits for mentors and funding for residency programs.

While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S.

Healthcare providers are frustrated that a plan to keep the government open that won't address reimbursement cuts that kick in next month.

The partnership comes as more healthcare companies heighten their focus digitization. Insurers expect their technology budgets to rise 13.7% in 2022.

The provider plans to launch the patient engagement technology at various locations by the end of the year.

The federal government will release more information on the scope of what private insurers have to cover in January.

Modern Healthcare Senior Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik and Senior Hospital Finance Reporter Tara Bannow talk about private equity interests in healthcare and how federal regulators are targeting False Claims Act cases.

The plan includes a requirement for private insurers to cover the cost of at-home COVID-19 tests and a tightening of testing requirements for people entering the U.S. regardless of their vaccination status.

A hacker installed computer malware between Oct. 9 and Oct. 17 and “exfiltrated" files containing patient information including procedures they may have undergone, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles warned Tuesday.

Let healthcare employees focus on the jobs only people can do, Dr. Alexi Nazem said.

The new strategy asserts that over generations "structural inequities have resulted in racial and ethnic health disparities that are severe, far-reaching, and unacceptable."