Congressional Democrats have big plans to extend health coverage to more Americans by closing the Medicaid coverage gap and potentially adding dental, hearing and vision benefits to Medicare.

Beaumont turned to Spectrum Health after deals with Summa Health and Advocate Aurora Health fell through.

In the face of unprecedented public health, societal and financial challenges, clinical leaders across the industry continued to find ways to innovate. Honorees on this year’s list of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives oversaw efforts to launch hospital-at-home programs; expand programs to address staff burnout; and address diversity, equity and inclusion, among other things.

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The ACA includes the federal framework for reviewing and approving biosimilars, and litigation guidelines that backbone the industry.

A bill sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) would ban clauses in health insurance contracts that prevent patients from suing over denied claims.

Eight states have implemented or are developing the regulatory and data gathering infrastructure to track annual healthcare cost growth, and more are expected to follow suit.

Animus toward the vaccine created turmoil for some providers. Dr. Eric Berger, a pediatrician in Philadelphia who opened his practice more than a dozen years ago, enforced mandatory shots in May and saw six of his 47 staff members walk out.

Ochsner hopes to add another seven hospitals to its 35-strong roster with the latest proposed deal.

The agreement marks Illinois' largest independent physicians group's first out-of-state expansion since launching in 1999.

By striking down the lawsuit based on plaintiffs standing, the justices didn't have to consider the merits of the case or whether they should sever the individual mandate from the rest of the law.

Modern Healthcare Politics and Policy Fellow Matti Gellman and Hospital Operations Reporter Alex Kacik discuss Modern Healthcare's analysis that showed that certain hospitals didn't become more efficient after merging.

Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush has launched a new health record data platform and software services for healthcare agencies to build their own workflow apps.

The entity that resulted from the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care will officially be known as Point32Health, the insurers announced Wednesday.

Looking back at the Affordable Care Act provisions that have been challenged up to the Supreme Court and how the justices ruled on their fates.

The country's nine largest Medicare Advantage plans are still struggling when it comes to member communication and engagement, according to J.D. Power.

He oversaw Baptist Hospital's mergers with South Miami Hospital and Homestead Hospital in 1995, subsequently becoming the President and CEO of the newly formed Baptist Health South Florida.

Employees at a Kansas City hospital run by HCA voted to decertify their union. The SEIU said management intimidated workers during the election.

Medicaid, once considered the ugly duckling compared with the politically powerful and popular Medicare program, now covers nearly 1 in 4 Americans.

Scientists at Oxford University in the United Kingdom are testing combinations of the two-dose COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca, Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer-BioNTech

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology invited colleges and universities that predominantly educate people of color to apply for funding.

A small, walk-in vaccination clinic held in Waterbury on Thursday is one of the reasons Vermont was able to be the first state in the country to give at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot to 80% of the eligible population.

Mount Sinai researchers have created a neighborhood-level Covid-19 equity index to explore the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantages and infection and mortality rates during the pandemic, the health system announced Thursday.

Increased screening for the social determinants is not only an equity and justice issue. There is value for healthcare organizations in early assessment of patient risk factors.