On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to freeze new regulations set in the waning days of the Trump administration and review others. What healthcare regulations could change during these early days?

The White House COVID-19 response team said there's more work needed to accelerate the country's vaccination effort despite being able to reach the administration's initial goal of 1 million vaccinations a day.

The Seattle Times reports Overlake Medical Center & Clinics emailed about 110 donors who gave more than $10,000 to the hospital system, telling them that vaccine slots were available.

Anthem saw increased COVID-19 costs and a surge of patients seeking care they put off earlier in the year, sparking a dramatic drop in fourth-quarter profits.

Prime Healthcare agreed to shell out backpay and offer jobs to employees laid off during an organizing drive last summer.

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A new HHS AI Council will implement the artificial-intelligence strategy, including developing performance plans, promoting private-sector partnerships and supporting AI governance across the department.

The clinic and Doctors Hospital Health System, a 94-bed system in the Bahamas, launched the council in a two-year strategic advisory agreement that will provide Doctors Hospital access to clinic experts for strategic planning, clinical education and leadership development.

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Health officials in the tri-county Portland, Oregon, metro area said Tuesday that "tens of thousands" of frontline healthcare workers have not received the COVID-19 vaccine and that it will likely take weeks before most do.

Dr. Nwando Olayiwola will set and direct strategy to promote equity at the Louisville, Ky.-based insurer to ensure its clinical programs and member services have a focus around cultural sensitivity.

The research project allows HCA to leverage its large repository of data on COVID-19 patients.

Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center is just not seeing enough patients, the CEO of its parent company says.

The rules would affect in-center dialysis coverage, make it easier for seniors to opt out of Medicare Part A, and increase oversight of accrediting organizations. CMS could still approve them.

Encompass Health said growth was tied to favorable pricing in the inpatient rehabilitation segment but noted that those gains were partially offset by lower volumes across the board.

A trio of recent mandates will completely upend the negotiating table between payers and providers, but what the final contracts will look like going forward all depend on enforcement.

Nursing homes in parts of New York hit hardest during this winter's COVID-19 surge say they're struggling to find enough staff as workers have gotten sick or needed to quarantine.

Detailed figures posted on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website Tuesday showed that the government plans to make about 10.1 million first and second doses available next week, up from this week's allotment of 8.6 million.

Healthcare organizations are becoming increasingly focused on innovative technology solutions like telehealth, enhanced electronic health records and partnerships with technology companies.

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Modern Healthcare hospital operations reporter Alex Kacik and rules and regulations reporter Michael Brady discuss the latest updates to the Stark law and anti-kickback statute and how they interplay with the incremental move from volume- to value-based pay.

A new regulatory framework may draw added investment in ambulatory surgery centers.

Johnson & Johnson executives repeatedly told analysts that the company expects to share results from its late-stage study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine—the first requiring only one dose—"by early next week."

Of the staff and residents vaccinated in long-term care, only about 8% have received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

New results extend hopes for drugs that supply antibodies to fight COVID-19, suggesting they can help keep patients out of the hospital and possibly prevent illness in some uninfected people.

As the ruling Communist Party faces growing questioning about China's vaccines and renewed criticism of its early COVID-19 response, it is hitting back by encouraging conspiracy theories that some experts say could cause harm.

The president's plan calls for doubling the number of drive-through testing sites and investing in new testing technologies, particularly at-home and rapid tests.