The bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill would force drug companies to pay back Medicare for discarded units of physician-administered drugs packaged in vials with too much medicine.

The prominent cancer center, whose finances were hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic, is promoting video consultations for patients in India, where cancer care plummeted in 2020.

Customers returned to CVS Health stores to fill prescriptions and get COVID-19 tests and vaccines, helping to push the health care giant past Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations.

Apps, wearables and other technologies hold promise for encouraging patients to be more engaged and involved in their care—but a host of challenges still stand in the way of this vision becoming mainstream.

New York City, Microsoft, Tyson Foods and the U.S. auto industry joined a cascading number of state and local governments and major employers Tuesday that are taking a hard line against both the surging delta variant and the holdouts who have yet to get vaccinated.

Spending on infrastructure has been a hot-button issue in Washington, D.C., for several years. Congress appears to be on cusp of a bipartisan deal though. What should it mean for healthcare?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday downplayed a spike in COVID-19 cases that's shattered state hospitalization records and strongly reiterated his vow not to impose a mask mandate or any business restrictions.

Young people would need parental permission now before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina legislation approved unanimously Tuesday by the state Senate.

As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Oregon, some counties — most where less than half of the area's adult population is vaccinated — are experiencing their highest hospitalization numbers during the pandemic.

San Francisco will provide an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people who got the single-shot Johnson & Johnson variety but public health officials aren't calling it a booster, authorities said Tuesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new eviction moratorium that would last until October 3, as the Biden administration sought to quell intensifying criticism from progressives that it was allowing vulnerable renters to lose their homes during a pandemic.

The Colorado Regional Health Information Organization and Health Current in Arizona will now operate as a combined not-for-profit regional health information exchange dubbed Contexture.

Healthwell Acquisition is led by healthcare executive Alyssa Rapp, who previously led private equity-backed Surgical Solutions and teaches at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

Private equity firm WACS has invested $300 million in a company that will fund healthcare providers' transition from fee-for-service to value-based care.

Former employees say their Tennessee hospital shut down without warning, and that Rennova Health owes them hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A Minnesota federal judge decertified a class action against UnitedHealth subsidiaries Optum and Advisory Board, stating that workers' experiences were too different to be considered together.

Not-for-profit hospitals in higher credit rating categories saw bigger dips in their operating margins and earnings than those in lower credit rating categories, according to a new report.

Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon sued more than 1,000 patients over the past two years across multiple counties after Community Health Systems struck a deal to sell the hospital. 

Not-for-profit health systems used new recruitment and incentive strategies to retain care delivery executives, as competition and average base salaries rise.

Over the years, collaboration and cross-pollination among diverse partners have proven central to moving our healthcare system forward.

Organizations that survived, or even progressed, during the pandemic embraced partnerships in the public  and private sectors. But such efforts require leadership. These 45 leaders exemplify collaboration created in service to the patient.

Compensation experts say the 2020 pandemic prompted some publicly traded healthcare companies to reformulate their long-term incentive plans, the largest category in executives' pay packages.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the industry’s pipeline of potential women leaders, putting a greater onus on healthcare administrators to be intentional about improving both equity and equality in leadership.

Health systems have evolved and our healthcare infrastructure has grown more connected—ultimately making the care continuum better prepared to react quickly in an emergency.

Many of the companies that are requiring shots have mostly office workers who are already largely vaccinated and are reluctant to work alongside those who aren't.

The U.S. on Monday finally reached President Joe Biden's goal of getting at least one COVID-19 shot into 70% of American adults—a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swamping hospitals and leading to new mask rules and mandatory vaccinations around the country.

Two Mississippi residents with houses worth more than $1 million have been receiving coverage under the Medicaid program that is designed to help low-income residents, according to a report released Monday by the state auditor's office.

Providers will no longer have to disclose their contract terms with Medicare Advantage insurers after CMS signed off on its 2022 inpatient pay rule.

COVID-19 has made an indelible mark on healthcare employees, personally and professionally, and health systems need to adapt accordingly, experts said.