The CMS proposal also includes implementing a new quality-based payment program.

Eagle County leaders are collaborating to improve behavioral health services in the area, including a $60 million commitment over 10 years from Vail Health.

A Families USA report suggests that onerous Medicaid eligibility redetermination processes are at least as big a threat to poor people's coverage as work requirements.

The extension for comments on proposed interoperability rules came the same day HHS began taking comments on the second draft of its Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement.

The legislative scorekeeper's estimates of the GOP's effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act have angered Republicans, who claim the numbers are inaccurate.

Although the Affordable Care Act led to more Americans securing health insurance coverage, emergency department use hasn't dropped.

The lawsuit alleges the hospital violated patient privacy by filming more than 1,800 surgical procedures including births without patient consent over 11 months.

The 10 recommendations on how to use digital health tools to support patients' health outcomes and access to care are targeted toward government agencies and public health practitioners.

Net income dropped 56% at Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health to $142.1 million in 2018.

Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah, has significantly reduced the number of tests and treatments performed on babies in the NICU, leading to about $1 million in savings for its parent, Intermountain Healthcare. 

A handful of healthcare providers are conducting gun violence research or related special efforts.

The study has a goal of reducing opioid deaths in each state by 40% over three years.

The CMS finalized a rule to prevent drug manufacturer coupons from applying to a patient's out-of-pocket cost limit if a generic drug is available.

Provider deals led U.S. private equity investment with a focus on behavioral and retail health, physician groups and home care.

The government and academic medical centers need to rethink their technology transfer policies, which have allowed the price of specialty drugs to soar to unsustainable heights.

Ohio is the only state that doesn't license general hospitals. Should that change?

A collective of small and large businesses and individuals in Summit County, Colo., will negotiate discounted prices for healthcare services directly with providers, including the local hospital, and will shop those rates to insurers.

The Medicaid expansion bill passed the House just hours after accepting Senate amendments. It now goes to Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, who is expected to sign it.

Beginning in 2021, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will test a value-based payment model encouraging Medicare Advantage plans to increase access to hospice care. 

Women in healthcare are just as interested in advancing in their careers, but less likely to be promoted. Unconscious bias and lack of work-life balance are two of the most common barriers identified across industries that interfere with career advancement by women.

Humana's new pay model for Medicare Advantage and commercial members will offer cancer practices additional payment if they improve on certain metrics over one year.

The CMS' proposed rule would give inpatient rehabilitation facilities a 2.3% raise compared with 2019, with small boosts for urban and rural hospitals as well.

Patients are caught in the middle of the never-ending war on high hospital prices. Leaders from various parts of the industry say it’s not their respective sector’s fault.

A lack of new federal funding for gun violence research has stalled progress toward solutions. Healthcare providers are stepping up to help fill the void.

Johns Hopkins had used Premier as its group purchasing organization for five years, and says the change is unrelated to the fact that its new president is a Vizient board member.