Healthcare CEOs say they want to see action on strengthening the Affordable Care Act, controlling drug prices and boosting funding for behavioral health treatment.

Google continues to build out its health team amid data privacy and antitrust concerns.

Under the House Democrats' change, drugmakers would eventually have to pay rebates to private healthcare plans if they raise drug prices faster than inflation.

Many Virginians on Medicaid often go to emergency departments for dental issues that could have been prevented or treated at a dentist's office.

Providers that took a comprehensive approach to assessing patient experience saw better clinical outcomes and brand recognition than those using CMS survey results, according to a new analysis.

A standard connector for feeding tubes was supposed to improve patient safety by preventing accidental misconnections to equipment used for IVs or other purposes. But critics say the design instead could keep patients from real food and inadvertently creates a host of new risks.

Roughly 3.9 million people enrolled in an Affordable Care Act exchange plan in the first six weeks of open enrollment, a decrease of 6% from the same time last year.

The two largest healthcare breaches reported in November—both of which compromised data on more than 100,000 patients each—involved email phishing scams.

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A Pennsylvania business owner has agreed to plead guilty in a $127 million kickback scheme involving his genetic testing labs.

While training employees to use digital tools will be a top priority for providers in 2020, many still question the return on investment.

KPC Group's planned purchase of four hospitals from bankrupt Verity Health is looking increasingly uncertain, especially after the company missed a court-appointed deadline to close the deal.

Several justices seemed sympathetic to insurers who say that the federal government owes them more than $12 billion in risk-corridor payments under the ACA.

A provision of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade that would have guaranteed 10 years of market exclusivity for biologic drugs was stripped out of an agreement between Congress and the Trump administration.

Verma's public comments have raised concerns that she has gone further than previous CMS chiefs in serving as a political spokesperson and violated the Hatch Act.

Although some recent studies suggest that the rate of physician burnout is falling, the issue is still a major problem.

Top Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are pitching a new drug-pricing plan as an alternative to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's government drug price negotiation proposal.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is calling on healthcare stakeholders across the globe to rethink how patient safety is currently measured.

Besides playing a mean blues harmonica, Jim Allison won the Nobel Prize in Medicine last year for his work on using the immune system to battle cancer. Now a documentary tells the story of his decades researching T cells. 

Operating cash flow will grow 2% to 3% in 2020, driven by the highest Medicare reimbursement rate increases in around a decade. As a result, Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook for not-for-profit hospitals from negative to stable.

OptumRx's proposed acquisition of Diplomat Pharmacy would help it expand its specialty pharmacy and infusion services, the company said.

There's a chance that health insurers owed $12 billion in ACA risk corridor funds won't receive a payout even if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in their favor. Plan members are unlikely to benefit in any scenario.

Despite facing legal setbacks, many credit Verma for aggressively articulating and pursuing a vision of strengthening market forces to reduce costs and improve quality.

Trinity Health's Ben Carter, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will take over as its new chief operating officer Jan. 1. Trinity Health is one of the country's largest Catholic healthcare systems.

Healthcare leaders say the industry needs to make long-term commitments toward addressing social needs.