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.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission doesn't expect the recommendations to decrease Medicare beneficiaries' access to care or lower quality.

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.

While vaccination among residents in nursing homes has been high, there is more hesitancy among staff, leaders say.

Google has completed its purchase of wearables company Fitbit following an approval by EU regulators. But the U.S. Justice Department says its probe into the deal is ongoing.

AHA's decision follows those by Blue Cross and Blue Shield and PhRMA, which made similar announcements earlier this week.

COVID-19 continues to stretch California hospitals' space and staff, prompting them to prepare for crisis-care plans.

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

It is not enough to be “not racist.” Health organizations have a solemn duty to heal and facilitate health. We must actively eradicate racism from our policies and practices.

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

The head of Operation Warp Speed believes the COVID-19 virus is here to stay, and how the country has responded to this crisis can act as a playbook for dealing with the next global pandemic.

Under Biden's multipronged strategy, about $400 billion would go directly to combating the pandemic, while the rest is focused on economic relief and aid to states and localities.

The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand for the shots.

J.P. Morgan's annual healthcare conference went virtual this year. Day 4 included Molina Healthcare's update on its shrinking bottom line due to Medicaid clawbacks.

Massachusetts General Hospital says it has discontinued its plan to acquire Exeter Hospital after the New Hampshire attorney general's office opposed the merger because of antitrust concerns.

Healthcare cases made up more than 80% of the Justice Department's False Claims Act settlements in 2020, totaling $1.8 billion. The Justice Department cleared $2 billion in healthcare-related settlements every year for the last decade.

Prosecutors are revisiting how Flint's water system was contaminated with lead during one of worst human-made environmental disasters in U.S. history.

Workers filed a class-action suit against cleaning companies contracted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center over allegations that they were not paid overtime wages for hours worked.

This week, Michigan received one of the lowest number of doses since mid-December, which resulted in fewer distributions by five-fold than what health systems, local health departments and federally qualified health centers requested, system executives said.

A Tower spokesperson declined to say why Gary Conner is leaving, but the health system is in significant financial distress and has hired a restructuring consultant.

For more than two decades, Medicare Advantage has successfully relied on public-private partnerships to expand access to care, lower costs and improve outcomes for millions of Americans. It should be available to all.

The Food and Drug Administration will issue draft guidance encouraging developers to explain how they plan to upgrade artificial intelligence and machine learning software in medical devices, among other steps.