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.

After more than a decade of gradual losses, nursing home employment began a free fall in April as the novel coronavirus spread across the country. And it hasn't recovered.

The Surgeon General report said community health investments will improve businesses' bottom lines and the health of the economy.

Providence has named its interim CFO, Greg Hoffman, as its chief financial officer. He replaces Venkat Bhamidipati, who left in 2020 to become CFO of McAfee.

The newly public price information could shake the industry, equipping insurers and large employers to drive harder bargains with hospitals. Savings eventually could filter down to patients through lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs.

Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, talked with Modern Healthcare Managing Editor Matthew Weinstock about what the industry can expect during the early days of the Biden administration.

The penalty resolves alleged HIPAA violations stemming from a data breach that took place from December 2013 to May 2015 and compromised data on 9.3 million people, according to HHS' Office for Civil Rights.

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Louisiana's chief public health officer warned hospitals, pharmacies and clinics that they should not be steering their coronavirus vaccine doses solely to their own patients.

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

The programs' approaches vary, but they share the goal of trying to comprehend, treat and give credence to patients who cannot get free of the virus that has infected more than 24 million Americans and killed about 400,000.

The agency also signed off on its controversial proposal to fully base Medicare Advantage payments on encounter data.

Andrea Palm will work to fulfill Biden's pledge to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines and speed up the rate of vaccinations.

Quest Diagnostics said Monday that it has secured a contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide genomic sequencing of the virus that causes COVID-19.

This year's popular J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference was held virtually, which means companies didn't get their usual face time with investors. Instead, they tried to stand out virtually.

Proponents say the deal could allow Israel to become the first country to vaccinate most of its population, while providing valuable research that could help the rest of the world. But critics say the deal raises major ethical concerns, including possible privacy violations.

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

The request is part of the Federal Trade Commission's revamp of its merger retrospective program that they hope will bolster their enforcement of physician practice mergers and hospital acquisitions of physicians.

Healthcare groups criticized CMS for giving them just a few weeks to review and comment on the proposed rule and excluding Medicare Advantage plans from the requirements. The changes will phase in from 2023 through 2024.

As she prepares to leave office next week, CMS Administrator Seema Verma fervently defends the Trump administration's efforts to adopt policies that will "reverberate" across the industry.

Azar wrote in his resignation letter that the Trump administration's accomplishments were tarnished by the Capitol riot.

CMS estimates the changes will save the federal government $75.4 million over the next decade in Medicare Advantage and Part D payments.

Public health experts are not uniformly backing the Biden administration’s plans to speed up mass vaccination efforts after missteps that have slowed the rollout.  

The health system said the departures are not related to its upcoming merger with Sentara Healthcare. Sentara's CEO is slated to take the helm of the new health system.

As the Biden administration begins its first 100 days, we urge it to keep hospitals’ safety-net role top of mind as it tackles a relentless virus that takes its greatest toll on the people of color and communities these hospitals serve.

A number of prominent health systems have contributed millions of dollars to Heritage Group's third fund. Health systems may be leaning more on investment income given the tough operating environment the pandemic has created.

Now is not the time to suspend some campaign contributions by healthcare organizations. Now is the time to permanently end them all. And, in the spirit of unity, to candidates from both parties.

HHS is eliminating certification requirements for clinicians to prescribe the medication-assisted drug therapy buprenorphine in an effort to expand treatment access.

Providers, states, patient advocates and members of Congress opposed the rule because it would have ramped up federal oversight of how states fund their Medicaid programs and possibly led to significant funding cuts.

CMS on Thursday significantly changed how Affordable Care Act exchanges will run, including allowing states to waive some requirements and use web-based brokers to sell insurance by 2023, moves that insurers and other industry groups have said would essentially privatize the exchanges.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led hospitals to move even more quickly toward outsourced revenue cycle management.