The long-standing Medicare program now has 477 ACOs participating, a decline from 2020 when 517 participated, according to new CMS data.

The newest American Hospital Association statistics book also shows hospital outpatient revenue continues to rival inpatient.

The majority of 21 shipments of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday were spoiled en route to Michigan, likely delaying the state's vaccination efforts this week, the Department of Health and Human Services said,

HCA has teamed up with A Plus International to supply surgical and procedure masks out of Asheville, N.C. in early 2021.

Mark Erceg will join Cerner Corp. as the company's new chief financial officer Feb. 22. He's the third leadership appointment Cerner has announced since the start of 2021.

Live updates from Modern Healthcare on the coronavirus outbreak and how COVID-19 is affecting the healthcare industry.

The orders aim to boost racial equity, rein in discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation and protect noncitizens. Biden's team will also revisit last minute rules by the Trump administration.

New vaccine studies must include communities of color that have been hard-hit by the pandemic. To help, researchers in more than a dozen spots around the country are rolling out mobile health clinics to better reach minority participants and people in rural areas who might not otherwise volunteer.

President Joe Biden will initiate a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks—including a requirement that Americans mask up for travel.

Residents and staff who got the antibody drug had up to a 57% lower risk of getting COVID-19 compared to others at the same facility who got a placebo, the drugmaker said. Among nursing home residents only, the risk was reduced by up to 80%.

Prior to creating its own program, MetroHealth has trained the surgical workforce for more than 60 years through partnerships. MetroHealth began designing the new program last summer to replace a long-standing surgical residency partnership with University Hospitals that is coming to an end.

The career civil servant will lead the massive federal agency until President Joe Biden announces his permanent pick for CMS' helm.

The American Cancer Society estimates that 276,000 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in the U.S. last year. The new work suggests that at least 13,800 of them occur in women with inherited gene mutations that raise their risk of developing the disease.

Going forward, UnitedHealthcare expects to add 1.5 million members in 2021, with enrollment in government plans continuing to drive growth.

Community Health Systems upped the size of its offering by $1 billion from $750 million the same day it was launched due to investor demand.

Carilion Clinic, CoxHealth and Geisinger Health are among the systems outsourcing such technology services as support, cybersecurity and data management.

A new CDC director is arriving to a mammoth task: reasserting the agency while the pandemic is in its deadliest phase yet and the nation's largest-ever vaccination campaign is wracked by confusion and delays.

A number of states are reporting they are running out of vaccine, and tens of thousands of people who managed to get appointments for a first dose are seeing them canceled.

Nearly 30 announced hospital deals in the fourth quarter signaled that hospital executives are more comfortable with the virtual due diligence process and that finances have stabilized, M&A experts said.