UPMC Health Plan and other insurers have covered more Medicaid enrollees this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The two teams, 22 personnel each, include registered nurses, doctors and therapists and will arrive next week to support hospital staff for 30 days.

The states claim Medicaid must be able to collect from enrollees' tort settlements that pay for medical services, whether they represent future expenses or past treatment.

Weekly and cumulative sign-ups compared to previous years.

The initiative will also strengthen enforcement to make sure employers are paying workers fairly.

Lawmakers said they're disappointed in CMS' decision to repeal a Trump-era policy that would have created an expedited Medicare coverage pathway for certain "breakthrough" medical devices.

How can up-and-coming healthcare leaders make it part of their leadership style to connect their communities with their colleagues, and see patients as experts by experience?

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The downstream impacts of our healthcare workforce shortage present more direct challenges to patients and families.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina sent letters to 54 providers, threatening to axe their contracts unless they agree to payment reductions of up to 30%.

Physicians in Congress are mostly Republicans, putting them at odds with a rapidly changing industry.

Four students accused Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine of continuing what they call discriminatory policies, including requiring only unvaccinated students to wear masks indoors on campus and undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.

The goal of the order is to protect patients and the healthcare workforce—and ensure capacity for immediate healthcare needs—in response to a range of challenges putting pressure on Massachusetts hospitals.

President Joe Biden will require essential, nonresident travelers crossing U.S. land borders, such as truck drivers, government and emergency response officials, to be fully vaccinated beginning on Jan. 22, the administration planned to announce Tuesday.

The verdict that could set the tone for U.S. city and county governments that want to hold pharmacies accountable for their roles in the opioid crisis.

While providers await a resolution that's likely to be decided by the Supreme Court, rural hospitals continue to grapple with potentially dire labor shortages.

CommonSpirit Health is still talking with multiple potential partners to sell its Midwest hospitals, despite a planned deal falling through in May.

The long-awaited funding will be awarded to providers serving patients from rural communities.

High-tech tools ease caregivers’ stress but can raise sticky privacy questions and concerns about cost.

The health system will invest $100 million into the Long Island hospital to expand its ambulatory presence and upgrade its infrastructure.

Private equity and venture capitalists are increasingly investing in brokers that help older adults enroll in the crowded Medicare space.

The Valencia Branch Laboratory was found to have problems with training and record-keeping but authorities couldn't substantiate reports stemming from a whistleblower that the lab destroyed data or documents, according to the California Department of Public Health.

The Biden administration has made $1.5 billion in scholarships and student loan repayment assistance available for students and health workers.

The decision was made Monday after health officials said the number of COVID-19 patients remains high but no longer exceeds healthcare resources in most areas.

Value-based care launched more than two decades ago in a push to improve quality while curbing costs. Now policymakers want to make bridging healthcare disparities an additional goal of the payment models.

Community Care Physicians and Capital District Physicians' Health Plan's venture comes as an increasing number of providers seek risk-sharing arrangements with payers.

Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, discusses some of the likely impacts of the No Surprises Act on providers, payers and patients when it takes effect Jan. 1.

Medicare beneficiaries with incomes below the federal poverty level spent less than half per year on vision services and nearly three times as less on hearing services than their higher-earning peers.

American Health Staffing Group placed 8,000 workers at health systems last year.

The ruling marked the first time a judge has weighed in on the CMS health worker vaccine requirement.