The House passed a stopgap government funding bill that delays $4 billion in cuts to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments.

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked what data the health system is sharing with the technology company and how it is being used.

The rate of improper payments in the fee-for-service Medicare program reached its lowest point since 2010 in 2019, but eligibility errors in Medicaid and CHIP boosted improper payments in those programs.

Healthcare marketers are going to have to expand their skill sets to succeed in today’s rapidly changing environment.

Catholic Health Association CEO Sister Mary Haddad hopes to build on the legacy of her predecessor, including moving debate around health coverage from access to affordability and cost.

Since 2010, 119 rural hospitals have closed from the Carolinas to California and dozens of states in between, and 47% of the remaining facilities are currently facing negative operating margins.

A list of the nation's top 20 largest EHR vendors, ranked by a cumulative number of providers who declared the vendor's product in use throughout the duration of the Medicare EHR Incentive program.

Home to the largest cluster of senior-care companies in the U.S., Louisville is betting it can solve some of the top challenges the healthcare system is facing as Americans grow older in a country ill-equipped to care for them.

While some healthcare executives argue that patients should direct their own care, skeptics contend that consumers aren’t equipped to make the best decisions.

Bernard Tyson stood like a colossus over my career, my life, and the Modern Healthcare family of reporters, editors and opinion leaders. 

The evening of Jan. 24 is likely to be a bittersweet one at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, Calif., when the city’s symphony performs a concert of songs chosen by Bernard Tyson. The Kaiser CEO only submitted his choices Nov. 8, two days before his death.

Electronic health record systems scored in the bottom 9th percentile for technology usability, which could contribute to physician burnout, according to a new study.

The Chicago-based health system, which is nine months into its merger, blamed the steeper operating loss on not having received California provider fee revenue.

As Trump sat surrounded by political advisers on the flights to and from Lexington, he grew reluctant to sign the ban, convinced it could alienate voters who would be financially or otherwise affected by a vaping ban, according to officials.

The nation’s population is getting proportionately older, with most counties within the continental U.S. in recent years experiencing growth in the percentage of population age 65 or older, meaning the Medicare program is likely to keep getting bigger.

New safety standards aimed at limiting suicide risks have led to overhauls inside hospitals, with psychiatric facilities removing bathroom doors, stripping artwork from walls and requiring patients to wear paper gowns instead of their own clothes.

Most physicians aren't retrained on measuring blood pressure after they leave medical school. Now, the AMA and AHA have an e-training module to help clinicians practice.

Sutter Health still faces whistleblower claims for alleged improper payments to physicians.

The policy adopted by AMA delegates urges medical schools and residency programs to include specific information about healthcare financing in curricula.

Ascension and Google maintain that they followed HIPAA before sharing any patient data, but that may not be enough to gain consumer trust.

As more employers turn to high-performance networks to help control rising healthcare costs, the federation of 36 independent Blues plan companies debuts its first new program to serve a nationwide marketplace in 25 years.

Healthcare is first and foremost about people, and Bernard Tyson never lost sight of that. A true leader and healer, he realized that real well-being depended on strong, cohesive communities.

Following the death of Kaiser Permanente longtime CEO Bernard Tyson, colleagues say they plan to continue his legacy.

Experiencing Canada’s healthcare system firsthand gave Dr. Michael Apkon an interesting vantage point from which to assess the U.S. model.

A safety improvement network for children’s hospitals serves as an example for other emerging collaborations.

No one knows how frequently patients experience harm in healthcare settings, though nearly everyone agrees it’s far too common.

The success that the Institute of Medicine achieved by raising awareness of the seriousness and ubiquity of safety and quality problems has not been matched by our ability to solve them.

Safety experts say the recent deadly problems at top hospitals demonstrate holes in the culture of safety, transparency and measurement of errors.

In the 20 years since To Err is Human, so far as we can determine, the progress toward truly safer patient care remains frustratingly slow and spotty.

Performance measures have evolved in the past 20 years, but quality experts say they still don’t hold the industry accountable.

CEOs, not frontline staff, are at the root of the hospital industry shortfall in improving patient safety in the 20 years since the problem was highlighted by the landmark study To Err is Human.