California giant Kaiser Permanente more than doubled its net income in the second quarter, which ended June 30, to $4.5 billion.

While CMS wants to align its value-based payment programs, ACOs worry it's too much change as they already face stress and uncertainty stemming from COVID-19.

Analysts regard the blowout quarter as an anomaly. They expect federal regulations limiting how much premium revenue insurers can pocket as profit to kick in.

The Veterans Affairs Department confirmed a facility in Spokane, Wash., will be the first site to go live on the new electronic health record in October, seven months after originally scheduled.

The organizing push comes as Rush University Medical Center and other health systems navigate financial challenges brought on by COVID-19.

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Boston-based Mass General Brigham reported a sizable operating loss in the quarter ended June 30, during which much of its elective patient care was shut down.

As a former hospital CEO and the son of two nurses, Hunter never lost sight that healthcare was about the patients, his friends said.

The notion of rapid at-home testing has received heightened attention in recent weeks, despite concerns about accuracy.

State officials envisioned the cavernous Sleep Train Arena and an adjoining facility as a place where hundreds of patients could be treated, but in the first week just one arrived. The pace never increased, and the 250 assembled medical workers found themselves wondering what to do.

It’s increasingly clear that a majority of Americans have grown weary of the never-ending battle over health insurance coverage. 

"If you think to yourself, ‘healthcare workers should be on equal footing in the workplace,' our study really showed that's definitely not the case," said a Harvard Medical School professor who analyzed healthcare worker COVID deaths.

New preliminary federal data show hospitals saw strong hiring in July, while the ambulatory sector reported far fewer new hires than the prior month.

More than half of those patients had health information exposed in a ransomware attack at an orthopedic group in Tampa, Fla.

Encompass Health Corp. plans to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Cape Coral, Fla.

Chicago-based primary-care provider Oak Street Health, which focuses on treating high-needs Medicare patients under a capitated model, saw its share price grow from $21 to $40 on its first day of trading.

Geisinger Health's 30% acquisition of a neighboring independent hospital in Lewisburg, Pa., will likely lead to higher prices and lower quality care, the DOJ said in a lawsuit.

CMS plans to allow physician-owned hospitals to expand if they treat large numbers of Medicaid beneficiaries. The changes could open the door to more competition, experts say.

The forthcoming executive order is meant to ensure the U.S. has enough medical countermeasures to respond to pandemics and chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear threats.

Hospitals with less than 80 days cash on hand will have a tough time repaying Medicare advance payments, which could lead to bankruptcy, closure or consolidation.

Amid a pandemic that in the U.S. has caused roughly 5 million infections and nearly 160,000 deaths while decimating the economy, the vaccine trials have drawn far more interest than is typical for a clinical trial, organizers said.

California has stopped removing or adding to a list of counties facing more restrictions on businesses and schools as it tries to resolve a technical problem with the state's coronavirus testing database.

After years of backlash from providers, CMS announced in its 2021 hospital outpatient prospective payment proposed rule a significant overhaul of its hospital star ratings including the removal of the controversial latent variable model.

Anthem sued a former senior executive for allegedly leading a "full-on raid" of its staff and using confidential information to benefit a competing health plan.