Nationwide, providers like Seniors Helping Seniors are offering hiring incentives and, in some cases, retention or referral bonuses to attract and retain staff and address a workforce shortage the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living is calling "a legitimate crisis."

CommonSpirit Health's CHI Memorial Health Care System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield Tennessee's dispute could leave at least 38,000 patients out of network.

While most investor funding in the digital health sector goes toward consumer-focused companies, nearly a third went to companies that focus on providers and practices in 2021's second quarter.

The Catholic Health Association joined the dozens of associations and healthcare providers supporting or implementing COVID-19 vaccine mandates among their employees.

Encompass Health is expanding by adding inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, forming partnerships with health systems and catering to a growing elderly population.

Seven months after the first vaccines became available to medical professionals, only 59% of staff at the nation’s nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are fully or partially vaccinated — with eight states reporting an average rate of less than half, according to CMS data updated last week.

The American Medical Association is urging advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend changes to long-standing federal opioid prescribing guidelines out of concerns the recommendations are harming patients with pain.

As more biosimilar medications enter the market, other payers are watching Cigna's $500 offer and may introduce similar enticements if enough of the insurer's members switch.

University of Kansas Health System is declining to admit patients from other hospitals because it has too few open beds due to the increasing delta variant cases in the state.

Potential partners need to ensure joining forces with the for-profit chain aligns with their charitable missions and doesn't saddle patients with huge bills, experts say

BCBS Kansas City's lawsuit represents the nation's first payer complaint against a coronavirus testing provider, AHIP said.

U.S. health officials said Thursday they now have evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in two hospitals and a nursing home.

The North Carolina-based healthcare giant, which employs more than 70,000 people, made the decision in light of escalating COVID-19 cases among the unvaccinated.

An unexpected roadblock underscores the perils of acquisitions in an industry that's heavily dependent on public and private insurers.

One of Arizona's biggest hospital systems renewed a call Thursday for people to get vaccinated, citing an increase in seriously ill COVID-19 patients in just a few weeks

In 2020, 40% of women said they’ve been sexually harassed at work. This number has stayed steady since the 1980s. This — in addition to COVID-19 and a recent reckoning about racial injustices — is causing companies to reexamine their culture and values.

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White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters that several states with the highest proportions of new infections have seen residents get vaccinated at higher rates than the nation as a whole.

The release from Google Cloud joins a growing market of tools that technology companies are selling aligned with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources—the data standard specified in federal interoperability regulations.

Elected officials in a Michigan county gave themselves $65,000 in bonuses with federal relief money related to the coronavirus pandemic.

By screening for diseases and promoting wellness initiatives at the population health level, we can address chronic illnesses that currently impact half of all Americans and cost the country more than $3.8 trillion.

Proponents hope a more affordable alternative will attract residents without health insurance.

The AHA, which represents nearly 5,000 hospitals and health systems, joins dozens of providers and several associations that have also backed vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.

The Missouri Supreme Court vacated a lower court's decision in the state's Medicaid expansion case, agreeing that the voter-approved plan to offer Medicaid to more people should stand.

It's unclear if the executives resigned or were terminated. Beaumont declined to clarify their departures, saying they were a personnel matter.

The breakup means Anthem commercial, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage members in the Golden State will lose access to more than two dozen Dignity facilities.

Health authorities have warned that even though the COVID-19 vaccines are incredibly effective -- the Pfizer and Moderna ones about 95% against symptomatic infection in studies -- they're not perfect. No vaccine is.

While hospitals could expect feds to focus more on price transparency, other outpatient pay rule initiatives could increase the care they provide.

A bipartisan bill would undo a Trump-era policy providers say made ACOs less appealing and give participants a bigger share of savings they achieve.

Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals jointly published a white paper detailing how the two historical competitors collaborated throughout the pandemic — and how the lessons learned in their COVID-19 response lay the roadmap for the future.

Health systems, insurers, private equity firms, physician groups and primary-care practices are all promising a better work-life balance and more flexibility, autonomy.

At least 8,700 vaccinated people have tested positive for COVID-19, according to department spokesperson Abigail Barker.