MedPAC members want to freeze rate increases for hospices. They also want to lower the aggregate cap on hospice payments because they think freestanding and for-profit hospices are making too much money off of Medicare.

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Healthcare's strong hiring in November contributed to an overall strong jobs report for the month.

The VA's National Artificial Intelligence Institute will carry out AI research and development projects and collaborate with federal agencies on national AI strategy.

An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there's a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say.

Dr. Thomas Shanley takes over for Patrick Magoon, who announced his retirement in July after 22 years in the top spot.

A company that claims to have the first drug to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease made its case to scientists but left them sharply divided over whether there's enough evidence of effectiveness for the medicine to warrant federal approval.

During CommonSpirit Health's first-quarter 2020 investor call, analysts pressured executives to explain when the health system would make progress on its $2 billion savings goal, half of which is expected to come from merger synergies.

House Democratic leaders announced plans to use savings from their government drug price negotiation bill to expand Medicare benefits and fund other healthcare priorities.

Total healthcare spending hit $3.6 trillion in 2018, accounting for 17.7% of gross domestic product.

ChenMed announced that it plans to establish multiple senior medical centers in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Memphis, Orlando and St. Louis, opening a total of 20 new medical practices in the next year.

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Healthcare Corp. plans to acquire St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, a deal that would give McLaren its first hospital outside of Michigan.

By purchasing post-acute provider HCR ManorCare in 2018, ProMedica was one of the first major health systems to underscore the importance of controlling the total cost of care across the continuum.

Medicare is scheduled to boost payments to ambulatory surgical centers. But members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission want them to open their books before they recommend it.

More than 1,000 employers, insurers, unions and other organizations on Thursday urged Senate leaders to scrap a controversial tax on expensive employer-sponsored health plans that's set to go into effect in 2022.

A New York doctor described as one of the nation's top dispensers of a highly addictive painkiller was convicted of accepting over $300,000 in bribes disguised as speaker fees to write prescriptions.

Healthcare providers can no longer operate in silos, and industry leaders must be increasingly willing to identify their strengths and embrace meaningful collaboration.

CHI Franciscan CEO Ketul Patel says the organization has benefited from a partnership with Virginia Mason Medical Center, including adopting a model for improving quality.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans who rely on the federal food stamp program will lose their benefits under a new Trump administration rule that will tighten work requirements for recipients.

Quorum Health could be the latest healthcare provider to be purchased by private equity investors. The 24-hospital chain is considering an offer from KKR.

Amazon said the new machine-learning tool is HIPAA-compliant and can transcribe spoken medical dictation into text.

Although the healthcare industry has made significant progress toward paying for value, those arrangements aren't moving the needle on cost and quality, a new report shows.

Children whose families received a housing voucher to move to low-poverty neighborhoods were admitted to the hospital nearly 16% less, curbing annual inpatient spending by 24%.

A list of the nation's 25 largest not-for-profit hospital systems, ranked by total operating revenue for fiscal 2018.

Divesting IlliniCare brings Centene Corp. another step closer to closing its $17.3 billion merger with WellCare Health Plans.