Aetna expects gene therapies to add an additional $45 trillion to the healthcare industry between 2020 to 2024.

The FDA requirements are the latest step in a decades-long effort to manage safety issues with the devices, which are primarily used for breast augmentation, the most common cosmetic surgical procedure in the U.S.

Encompass Health reported net operating revenue of $1.3 billion during the third quarter of 2021, a 9.4% increase from the previous year.

University Hospital will require 270 employees to get COVID-19 booster shots by Dec. 24.

During the third quarter, Centene paid $229 million to transition from using the RxAdvance platform, according to an SEC filing.

In the first half of this year Republicans and Democrats in Congress were virtually neck and neck in pulling in drug industry money, according to a KHN analysis of campaign contributions.

The former deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services will help the company navigate surprise billing and price transparency regulations.

The New York system's former chief strategy officer claims she was fired without notice or cause.

While debating ways to make innovation more affordable, Congress must keep in mind patients are demanding that we accelerate development of treatments—not jeopardize them.

A former top executive at Novant Health claimed in a 2019 lawsuit that he lost his job due to efforts to diversify top leadership positions. A jury just awarded him $10 million.

Although many Americans think of the rural-urban divide in terms of “red states” versus “blue states,” the problem of healthcare disparity crosses party lines and affects every state.

The nurse staffing shortage is a call to arms that must be answered. And that effort must start in the C-suite. 

Requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 would result in up to $10 million in fines and at least $500,000 in damages under bills Wyoming lawmakers will consider in a rare special session.

The move will help millions of people in poorer countries get access to the potentially life-saving drug, a United Nations-backed public health organization said.

The firing of Tennessee's former vaccination director caught the state's top health leaders off guard and sent them scrambling for answers as the health commissioner fumed over the praise coworkers heaped on the ousted employee, documents show.

At Modern Healthcare’s Leadership Symposium in September, healthcare leaders indicated they’re tired of having the same conversations but seeing little movement on the industry’s cost and access problems. 

The mental and behavioral health startup for people on Medicaid has grown quickly, serving more than 65 million covered lives in 10 states, including Florida, New York and Texas.

How rigorously vaccination requirements are being enforced varies from place to place, even within the same state or city.

Former Headspace Chief Strategy and Science Officer Megan Jones Bell will oversee Google's efforts to address mental and behavioral health.

Kaiser Permanente allegedly coerced employees to upcode claims for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, resulting in an estimated 75% error rate, according to a new complaint from the Justice Department.

A panel of U.S. health advisers endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, moving the U.S. closer to beginning vaccinations in children ages 5 to 11.

A new unit called Enviza brings together Cerner's data business with the life sciences expertise of its Kantar Health operation.

The Federal Trade Commission has taken a tougher stance on DaVita, requiring the dialysis chain to report any proposed acquisitions across Utah.

Premier gains a partner for its plans to use technology and data to mitigate supply chain disruptions.

Some doctors, sick of mainstream healthcare’s red tape, are finding refuge in practices that combine concierge medicine with charity care.

UnitedHealth Group, Centene and Aetna have all also launched virtual-first plans recently.

Here's what makes the new CEO's growth target so ambitious.

Clinical communications companies are looking for strategic mergers to give their provider customers one-stop shops with broad platforms rather than disparate vendors that address narrow problems.

A new report from Moody's highlights the financial troubles hospitals will have in returning to pre-pandemic margins, mainly because of nursing shortages.