Telehealth has proved popular amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but providers still may not know the long-term outcomes of that delivery method, experts said at a House subcommittee hearing.

There has been a stark rise in demand for children's mental healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many experts feel children's mental health is the next great healthcare crisis.

Skilled-nursing facilities cut therapist staffing levels after the transition to PDPM and did not offset those changes with other hiring, according to a new study.

The largest recorded increase of drug overdose deaths occurred from May 2019 to May 2020, with a significant increase from March to May that was likely fueled by the staggering economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Highmark Health's 5 million insurance members will gain access to more chronic care interventions as Alphabet-backed diabetes management provider Onduo branches into the field.

March and April were the most challenging and caught the entire health system off-guard, said Dr. Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, the city’s public health system. “But the city had done very well considering it didn’t have much of the necessary resources,” he said.

Officials at community health centers that are considered the backbone of the safety net for the poor in the U.S., focused on health equity, say they are not receiving enough doses for their patients — the very at-risk residents the state needs to vaccinate.

The solid start to the three-month special enrollment period indicates a pent-up demand for health insurance as the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the one-year mark and many people remain unemployed or unable to work as many hours as they did before the outbreak.

Xavier Becerra is paying a price for defending, as California attorney general, some of the nation's most liberal laws and policies on abortion rights.

BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina's medical claims reached the highest point ever, driven by high COVID-19 and specialty drug costs and a reduction in ACA plan premiums.

A disagreement over provider reimbursement rates will soon leave more than 830,000 patients out-of-network at Oklahoma's largest physician group.

Democrats sorted through lingering disagreements over emergency jobless benefits and other issues, preparing to commence Senate debate on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan that would deliver a major victory to President Joe Biden.

This list includes data points on rank, facility name, location, ownership type, net patient revenue and total acute-care beds.

Children and adolescents must be vaccinated to get the pandemic under control. Once a high percentage of the population is vaccinated or has had COVID-19, the disease may be no more disruptive than annual influenza seasons.

The not-for-profit mutual health insurer reported $120 million in operating income last year, the lowest amount in four years, compared with $248 million in 2019.

Proposed legislation would continue using Medicaid funds to place recipients on private health insurance. But, under the proposal, those who don't work or go to school could be moved to the traditional fee-for-service Medicaid program. More than 300,000 people are currently on the state's Medicaid expansion.

The announcement comes as the White House looks to speed the production of the single-dose vaccine and accelerate the nation's plans to vaccinate nearly all adult Americans in the coming months.

The center brings together nationally and internationally recognized researchers to focus on more than curing one of the most feared diseases. It also will work to end racial, ethnic, social and economic inequities that affect cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Clinical measures adopted to address COVID patients have staying power beyond the pandemic.

Medicare Advantage insurers are increasingly worried about how their ability to capture individuals' risk scores will impact their profits in the coming years.

One in ten rural Medicare Advantage members switched to fee-for-service Medicare, while just 5% of urbanites switched from the public-private relationship to the government program.

Regional health systems are working together more than ever to combat COVID-19, and are hopeful the collaborative spirit will endure, if regulators allow it.

Across the U.S., 174 rural hospitals have closed since 2005, and 47% of all rural hospitals have a negative operating margin. Yet, reason for optimism has emerged.