A Modern Healthcare analysis of the hospitals Community Health Systems divested between 2017 and 2019 shows 80% are either losing money, bankrupt or closed.

Anthony Vespa, the former executive director of Southeast Michigan Accountable Care, was sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in connection with the theft of more than $3.4 million from the Medicare accountable care organization.

Community Health Systems' longtime CEO, Wayne Smith, won't get a raise in his base pay this year, but his raises typically come in the form of incentive pay.

Elliot Hospital, a community hospital in Manchester, N.H., is finding success using spinal anesthesia rather than general anesthesia for more complex procedures on NICU patients. Parents prefer it because their babies aren’t put to sleep.

The FDA approved Esperion Therapeutics Inc.'s Nexletol for people genetically predisposed to have sky-high cholesterol and people who have heart disease and need to further lower their bad cholesterol.

ACOs have until Feb. 25 to decide if they want to participate in direct-contracting models, but there are few details available about the programs.

Boston Children's Hospital wasn't medically negligent in its treatment of a Connecticut teen who spent nearly a year in state custody after doctors suspected her parents of medical child abuse, a jury in Boston concluded.

Oscar Health is the latest insurer to cap plan members' out-of-pocket costs for life-saving insulin and other medications, a move several insurance companies have made amid pressure to reduce prescription drug costs.

The top quartile of hospitals provided $11.50 in charity care for the uninsured for every $100 of their overall net income compared to $72.30 for third-quartile hospitals.

Nearly three-quarters of self-insured employers surveyed favored hospital rate regulation.

Hospitals face challenges getting past the first steps of identifying patients coping with nonmedical health needs.

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Today, more than ever, we need partners and collaborators to achieve our goal of making our health system more affordable and more effective, with better results for everyone involved, says AMA President Dr. Patrice Harris.

The CMS Innovation Center wants to continue its bundled payment experiment for hip and knee replacements, but it wants to change the definition of an episode and how it sets prices.

A community health needs assessment and community input led Wellstar Health System to a brand identity and logo meant to refine “its mission, vision and values.” CEO Candice Saunders says the result is more personalized care.

An aging population and more disabled vets will contribute to more long-term care spending by the end of the next decade. The VA is having a hard time finding enough workers and delivering care to veterans where they live.

This dataset explores 17 healthcare occupations with a look at their total employment count and a breakdown of gender and ethnic diversity percentages.

Community Health Systems emerged from 2019 with 12 fewer hospitals and roughly $1 billion less in revenue. The company managed to narrow its net loss to shareholders, although it still remains high.

R1 RCM's 19.4% revenue growth for the fourth quarter was primarily driven by a rise in net operating fees, up $45.6 million from 2018's fourth quarter.

The kerfuffle over surprise bills has revealed the dysfunction at the heart of America’s fragmented reimbursement system.

Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal say they are likely to spend up to $15 million to defend themselves against federal fraud charges. They're asking a judge to free up $10 million they've set aside to pay their lawyers—funds that prosecutors froze when the two were indicted.

Individual coverage HRAs, designed to give employers more flexibility to offer coverage, can be more affordable but include trade-offs.

One in five people say that they or someone they live with have donated to a crowdfunding campaign to pay for medical treatments or bills. It's the latest evidence that people are struggling to afford their healthcare expenses.

The largest publicly traded health insurers grew profits by a combined 66% in 2019, driven by the massive mergers and acquisitions several of them completed the year before.