Advocates argue that price controls are needed because competition is failing as providers, insurers and manufacturers become larger and larger.
Members of Modern Healthcare's CEO Power Panel say the allure of mergers and acquisitions may be losing its stronghold over health system leaders. Finances may slide in 2019, but CEOs insist it's for good reason.
Executives from seven major drugmakers, including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Merck & Co. and Pfizer are set to testify before the Senate Finance Committee on drug prices.
Correction: This list was originally published in the Feb. 4 issue with incorrect data. The revised ranking, based on estimated Medicare lives in 2018, is presented here.
More independent hospitals are joining systems as they endure despite lower admissions and higher operating costs.
UPMC filed a countersuit against Pennsylvania's attorney general and is seeking to join antitrust litigation against Blue Cross and Blue Shield in hopes of contracting with Blues plans other than Highmark.
The Affordable Care Act helped Democrats regain control of the House in 2018. But is the status quo enough to stave off progressives' demand for movement to a single-payer program?
UnitedHealth Group-owned Optum lost its legal fight Friday to block a former executive from working at Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase's new healthcare cost-saving venture.
One of the top issues at HIMSS19 this month was the need to rethink and broaden services provided to patients. Jacob Reider, former federal deputy national coordinator of health IT, has thoughts on how to do that.
Sutter Health is teaming up with Ada Health to offer its patients a symptom checker tool designed to help them decide whether they need to get care and where. It's one of several partnerships between health systems and companies offering such tools.
The American Hospital Association's Hospital Community Cooperative seeks to learn better approaches to managing population health from providers that have spent years addressing such issues.
Her retirement will cap a 23-year tenure leading the Baton Rouge, La., hospital, which has grown to become the state's largest birthing hospital and neonatal ICU.
Modern Healthcare's 20th annual resource guide features a list of the largest healthcare lobbying organizations and fuller information on lists of vendors and suppliers.
