Geisinger Health's 30% acquisition of a neighboring independent hospital in Lewisburg, Pa., will likely lead to higher prices and lower quality care, the DOJ said in a lawsuit.

The forthcoming executive order is meant to ensure the U.S. has enough medical countermeasures to respond to pandemics and chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear threats.

Hospitals with less than 80 days cash on hand will have a tough time repaying Medicare advance payments, which could lead to bankruptcy, closure or consolidation.

Chicago-based primary-care provider Oak Street Health, which focuses on treating high-needs Medicare patients under a capitated model, saw its share price grow from $21 to $40 on its first day of trading.

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

"If you think to yourself, ‘healthcare workers should be on equal footing in the workplace,' our study really showed that's definitely not the case," said a Harvard Medical School professor who analyzed healthcare worker COVID deaths.

California has stopped removing or adding to a list of counties facing more restrictions on businesses and schools as it tries to resolve a technical problem with the state's coronavirus testing database.

More than half of those patients had health information exposed in a ransomware attack at an orthopedic group in Tampa, Fla.

Anthem sued a former senior executive for allegedly leading a "full-on raid" of its staff and using confidential information to benefit a competing health plan.

Once the merger closes, Teladoc shareholders will own 58% of the combined company. Livongo shareholders will own 42%.

A whistleblower accused Cigna Corp. of exaggerating the illnesses of its Medicare members in order to obtain higher payments from the federal government, according to a lawsuit unsealed this week.

CMS suggested increasing Medicare outpatient services pay by 2.6%, cutting 340B payments and streamlining star ratings, among other changes in a massive proposed rule.

Epic workers decried the order, saying company CEO Judy Faulkner was ignoring public health advice, according to a statement made in conjunction with the Industrial Workers of the World labor union.

Rural hospitals are concerned that CMS could count forgivable small-business COVID-19 relief loans against future Medicare reimbursement.

After years of backlash from providers, CMS announced in its 2021 hospital outpatient prospective payment proposed rule a significant overhaul of its hospital star ratings including the removal of the controversial latent variable model.

"If you think to yourself, ‘healthcare workers should be on equal footing in the workplace,' our study really showed that's definitely not the case," said a Harvard Medical School professor who analyzed healthcare worker COVID deaths.

All four of the country's largest investor-owned hospital chains boosted their year-over-year net income during the second quarter of 2020, despite procedures being suspended for more than an entire month.

The pandemic pummeled the finances of companies across every industry. There are, however, some providers and other healthcare companies that have remained financially strong despite the crisis, and they share a handful of attributes.

As the crisis has spread to all reaches of the country, a chasm has widened between the Republican president and the experts. The result: daily delivery of a mixed message to the public at a moment when coherence is most needed.

Missouri becomes the 38th state to approve expanding Medicaid coverage to thousands more low-income adults.

CMS issued a proposed rule changing how Medicare calculates disproportionate-share hospital payment adjustments for hospitals serving a large number of low-income patients.