Citing the rise of the COVID-19 delta variant, the groups called for vaccine mandates. A large portion of healthcare workers remain unvaccinated.

Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr., CEO of UF Health Jacksonville and dean of UF College of Medicine Jacksonville, died Saturday after being thrown from a personal watercraft in Palm Beach Inlet, Fla.

The insurers will hold a minority stake in the new joint venture, named DomaniRx, which is being championed by SS&C Technologies.

California Goc. Gavin Newsom called for state and healthcare workers to confirm their full vaccination status or submit to weekly COVID tests starting in August, per an announcement on Monday. They are the first state to mandate this standard for employees.

Poplar will become the diagnostics division of PathAI, an artificial-intelligence startup backed by Kaiser Permanente and pharmaceutical companies.

Nationwide, providers like Seniors Helping Seniors are offering hiring incentives and, in some cases, retention or referral bonuses to attract and retain staff and address a workforce shortage the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living is calling "a legitimate crisis."

Hospitals must change the way they hire and staff units, focusing on mobilizing and reassigning existing employees—and on better pay and benefits.

The program was inundated and could not accommodate everyone who applied, leaving them with no backup for health benefits coverage.

While most investor funding in the digital health sector goes toward consumer-focused companies, nearly a third went to companies that focus on providers and practices in 2021's second quarter.

CommonSpirit Health's CHI Memorial Health Care System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield Tennessee's dispute could leave at least 38,000 patients out of network.

The Catholic Health Association joined the dozens of associations and healthcare providers supporting or implementing COVID-19 vaccine mandates among their employees.

"We're going in the wrong direction," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, describing himself as "very frustrated."

Supporters say the trend is crucial during a coronavirus pandemic that has left immigrants, who are disproportionately essential workers, more vulnerable to COVID-19 and as federal remedies, like an immigration overhaul or "public option" health insurance, face tough political odds.

Some in public health argue that when providers use such monitoring programs to cut off prescription opiate misuse, people who have an addiction instead turn to heroin and fentanyl. 

Organizations representing long-term care facilities on Friday urged lawmakers working on a bipartisan infrastructure plan to avoid dipping into COVID-relief funds to help pay for the roughly $600 billion in new spending sought for the public works buildout.

Encompass Health is expanding by adding inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, forming partnerships with health systems and catering to a growing elderly population.

As more biosimilar medications enter the market, other payers are watching Cigna's $500 offer and may introduce similar enticements if enough of the insurer's members switch.

BCBS Kansas City's lawsuit represents the nation's first payer complaint against a coronavirus testing provider, AHIP said.

U.S. health officials said Thursday they now have evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in two hospitals and a nursing home.

An unexpected roadblock underscores the perils of acquisitions in an industry that's heavily dependent on public and private insurers.

Elected officials in a Michigan county gave themselves $65,000 in bonuses with federal relief money related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Proponents hope a more affordable alternative will attract residents without health insurance.