Large national insurers could win big if Democrats' proposal passes Congress, but regional insurers are worried about the impact to their business.

The California Hospital Association this week asked the state to provide reimbursement for travel staff, but the Service Employees International Union says that money should go toward retaining an already-drained workforce.

Contentious contract negotiations with union workers also threaten Kaiser Permanente's longstanding labor-management partnership.

Detroit Medical Center CEO Audrey Gregory is leaving the organization after two years at the helm of the investor-owned hospital.

August had the second lowest number of data breaches in 2021, but those affected more than 5 million individuals. Two of the top ten breaches so far this year occurred in August.

Idaho, Alaska and Montana have enacted healthcare rationing amid a spike in the number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization.

Stopping elective procedures is an effective tool to free up beds in intensive care units to care for COVID patients, according to a study. But researchers didn’t look at the consequences for those patients who had to wait.

The CMS sanctions will disrupt insurers' finances, enrollment and marketing operations in the competitive Medicare Advantage market.

The pandemic appears to be worsening the nation's longstanding obesity epidemic, and obesity can put people at risk for more severe illness after coronavirus infection.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services won't enforce the rule, which would require payers to exchange data with one another at a patient's request, until it finalizes future rulemaking.

The combined entity would operate 33 hospitals, run 385 clinics and employ 58,000 caregivers across six states.

New York has a long history of requiring healthcare workers to be immunized against diseases that pose a major public health threat, including measles, mumps and rubella.

"We're recording well over 2,500 (cases) a day, in recent days, far more than we'd like to see," said State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs. "A lot of that's going to translate into the tragedy."

The letter is the latest GOP opposition to sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for private-sector employees, healthcare workers and federal contractors announced by Biden earlier this month.

Democrats' $3.5 trillion domestic policy proposal includes a slew of provisions impacting providers, including funding to build up the healthcare workforce.

The president directed OSHA to write a rule requiring employers with at least 100 workers to force employees to get vaccinated or produce weekly test results showing they are virus free.

Northwell Health and Walgreens have entered a five-year strategic partnership that will make the health system's telehealth services available to customers throughout New York.

Sammie Mosier will succeed Jane Englebright, who pioneered the position, as HCA Healthcare's chief nurse executive.

Henry Ford Health System and Michigan State University now have a brand and logo for their joint venture over clinical research, training, and cancer care in a new health sciences center.

The Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement to clarify its decade-old Health Breach Notification Rule not only covers personal health records, but also health apps and fitness trackers.

Idaho public health leaders on Thursday expanded healthcare rationing statewide amid a massive increase in the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization.

Overall staff vaccination levels at nursing homes are low—and even worse among the certified nursing assistants who have the most direct contact with patients.

Experts say increasingly difficult working conditions, burnout, a cascade of retirements and an unrelenting pandemic have forced hospital workers out of the industry.

A new medical simulation and training center in Omaha, Nebraska, targets healthcare providers and medical product vendors through its mission of improving care quality and safety.

The 30-day average number of daily new cases per 100,000 residents has increased five-fold in the Reno-Sparks area over the past six weeks, from 354 at the beginning of August to 1,621 now, Washoe County Health District Officer Kevin Dick said.

Religious objections, once used sparingly around the country to get exempted from various required vaccines, are becoming a much more widely used loophole against the COVID-19 shot.

Brian Smith, president and COO of Bon Secours Mercy Health, talks about how the Cincinnati-based system, which operates in seven states, is dealing with surges in COVID-19 cases.

Beaumont Health is encouraging non-emergency patients to visit their physicians' offices or urgent care locations instead of coming to the health system's emergency rooms.

Dr. David Callender, president and CEO of Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, and Marcos Pesquera, vice president of community benefit and health equity, diversity and inclusion for Christus Health in Irving, Texas, discuss how they approach consumer engagement.