The House of Representatives passed tweaks to the Paycheck Protection Program that would give healthcare providers more flexibility with how to use the funds.

In a bond filing Wednesday, Sutter Health revealed it lost $404 million in the first four months of 2020, including $168 million in April alone.

Work and home stress weighs more heavily on women than men working in healthcare.

Nearly all of the losses transpired in the final two weeks of March, putting its first-quarter revenue $184 million below budget, said Steven Glass, the Clinic's CFO, citing the shutdown of nonessential services to prepare for the ramping up of COVID-19 cases.

A Bellingham, Wash., emergency physician is suing PeaceHealth and TeamHealth, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for publicly criticizing his hospital's COVID-19 response.

An assistant director at a Chicago nursing home and long-term care facility alleges in a whistleblower lawsuit that she was fired in retaliation for objecting to, reporting and refusing directives to participate in unsafe and unlawful conduct.

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

Thomas Jackiewicz will take over for Sharon O'Keefe, who is retiring this summer as president of the University of Chicago Medical Center after nearly a decade in the role.

The Chicago-based owner of senior housing and healthcare properties said in a regulatory filing the cuts represent 25% of its "corporate positions," not including on-site field personnel, and come in response to the pandemic's impact on its operations.

Producers looking to meet “unprecedented” demand were told they could sell tests as long as they validated them internally and filed for FDA emergency use authorization within 15 days. Shortly after came complaints of scams and unreliable tests.

Conferences and other live events are one of the largest sources of revenue for many healthcare associations. COVID-19 has forced them to host such events virtually, which slashes the amounts they can charge attendees and exhibitors.

A list of providers given the largest readmission reduction penalties by CMS for the most recent available year, 2018.

The Pacific Business Group on Health and the California Medical Association are asking California state legislators to shore up vulnerable primary-care practices during the COVID-19 crisis.

A three-judge panel ruled that HHS doesn't owe hospitals more money for lost payments related to the two-midnight rule because no hospital was "significantly undercompensated."

The layoffs, which account for about 3% of BSW's 46,500 workers, are part of a broader workforce restructuring as COVID-19 buffets its bottom line.

Healthcare providers face the dual challenge of coping with extreme weather and trying to slow the pandemic’s spread.

Preliminary results of a study commissioned by New Mexico's Democrat-led Legislature in 2019 says the state's uninsured rate would likely fall below 1% and that the use of healthcare services would likely increase as the vast majority of residents turn to public insurance.

Novant Health has partnered with drone startup Zipline for the project, designed to support "contactless" distribution of supplies to the health system's facilities.

The poll found 31% simply weren't sure if they'd get vaccinated. Another 1 in 5 said they'd refuse.

The gulf between large systems and small hospitals is highlighted in how they’re managing federal relief funds.

Since mid-April, patients who die at Virginia Mason from coronavirus-related illnesses can now be visited by loved ones in their final hours as part of a program relying on nurses who escort families.  

Now that the telemedicine genie is out of the bottle, lasting policy changes are needed to improve access and deliver better care.

In the wake of COVID-19, Modern Healthcare moved its annual Transformation Summit online. The five-part webinar series brought together healthcare and technology leaders to discuss topics like innovation in times of emergency, patient-centered care and mental health.

Medical respite-care providers are hopeful that increased interest in their model during the pandemic will generate greater investment in such services after the crisis passes.