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Despite facing legal setbacks, many credit Verma for aggressively articulating and pursuing a vision of strengthening market forces to reduce costs and improve quality.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers produced a deal on surprise billing legislation that is more provider-friendly than previous bills, but hospitals still oppose the deal.

Operating cash flow will grow 2% to 3% in 2020, driven by the highest Medicare reimbursement rate increases in around a decade. As a result, Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook for not-for-profit hospitals from negative to stable.

Banner Health has agreed to pay up to $6 million to victims of a massive data breach the Arizona health system experienced in 2016, according to court documents.

Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare have developed a treatment guide to quickly identify and treat patients who develop respiratory injury from vaping.

Connecticut's governor and attorney general say they have reached a preliminary deal with the state's hospital association to resolve longstanding legal disagreement over hospital taxes.

OptumRx's proposed acquisition of Diplomat Pharmacy would help it expand its specialty pharmacy and infusion services, the company said.

Trinity Health's Ben Carter, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will take over as its new chief operating officer Jan. 1. Trinity Health is one of the country's largest Catholic healthcare systems.

Ashik Desai, who was in charge of business development at the healthcare advertising company, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud this morning before U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin. Desai faces up to 10 years in prison as part of the plea agreement, prosecutors said.

Public health officials believe the best approach for preventing new HIV infections is a once-a-day pill approved by the FDA in 2012. But the drug’s price puts it out of reach for those who need it most.

With the exception of births, Partners HealthCare reported sluggish inpatient volumes in the final quarter of its fiscal 2019.

Three lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives announced a bipartisan deal on legislation to address surprise billing, though many important details were still unclear.

Healthcare leaders say the industry needs to make long-term commitments toward addressing social needs.

An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there's a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans for a House vote on a bill aimed at curbing drug prices.

MedPAC members want to freeze rate increases for hospices. They also want to lower the aggregate cap on hospice payments because they think freestanding and for-profit hospices are making too much money off of Medicare.

Senate Finance Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon on Friday announced they would like to use their drug-pricing bill's savings to fund healthcare extenders and cancel two years of cuts to disproportionate share hospital payments.

Healthcare CEOs say they want to see action on strengthening the Affordable Care Act, controlling drug prices, and boosting funding for behavioral health treatment.

The VA's National Artificial Intelligence Institute will carry out AI research and development projects and collaborate with federal agencies on national AI strategy.

Healthcare's strong hiring in November contributed to an overall strong jobs report for the month.

A New York doctor described as one of the nation's top dispensers of a highly addictive painkiller was convicted of accepting over $300,000 in bribes disguised as speaker fees to write prescriptions.

Priority Health CEO Joan Budden discusses the pending merger with Total Health Care and the impact on Michigan Medicaid beneficiaries.

Dr. Thomas Shanley takes over for Patrick Magoon, who announced his retirement in July after 22 years in the top spot.

During CommonSpirit Health's first-quarter 2020 investor call, analysts pressured executives to explain when the health system would make progress on its $2 billion savings goal, half of which is expected to come from merger synergies.

Although the healthcare industry has made significant progress toward paying for value, those arrangements aren't moving the needle on cost and quality, a new report shows.

Advances in health information systems help doctors and other healthcare professionals share medical information securely and often immediately. But that’s not the case when dealing with substance use disorder.

ChenMed announced that it plans to establish multiple senior medical centers in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Memphis, Orlando and St. Louis, opening a total of 20 new medical practices in the next year.

By purchasing post-acute provider HCR ManorCare in 2018, ProMedica was one of the first major health systems to underscore the importance of controlling the total cost of care across the continuum.

Quorum Health could be the latest healthcare provider to be purchased by private equity investors. The 24-hospital chain is considering an offer from KKR.

Amazon said the new machine-learning tool is HIPAA-compliant and can transcribe spoken medical dictation into text.

Children whose families received a housing voucher to move to low-poverty neighborhoods were admitted to the hospital nearly 16% less, curbing annual inpatient spending by 24%.