Ginsburg, the longest-serving liberal justice on the court, was a key figure in several healthcare-related Supreme Court decisions. Majority Leader McConnell pledges to vote on a Trump nomination.

A new RAND Corp. study finds private insurers paid hospitals 247% of what Medicare would have paid for the same services in 2018, up from 230% in 2017 and 224% in 2016.

Some living donors will be reimbursed for the expenses they take on while they're hospitalized and recovering, such as lost wages or childcare.

The End-Stage Renal Disease ESRD Treatment Choices—ETC—model encourages increased home dialysis use and kidney transplants. The new payment model goes into effect on Jan. 1.

Verma confirmed that CMS has not yet started withholding fee-for-service Medicare payments from recipients of $100 billion in program loans.

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

The radiation oncology model is supposed to test 90-day bundled payments for radiation therapy. The American Society for Radiation Oncology wants CMS to delay its Jan. 1 start.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially returned to its previous testing guidance, getting rid of language posted last month that said people who didn't feel sick didn't need to get tested.

A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the first large study that primarily enrolled Hispanics and Blacks.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the opening of the Pandemic Response Lab, a laboratory dedicated to processing COVID-19 tests in 24 to 48 hours for NYC Health + Hospitals.

The latest push comes as new polling finds healthcare is the fifth-most important issue for registered voters.

Quest Diagnostics has launched an at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19 that individuals can order online, but its out-of-pocket cost could hinder widespread use.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week published the first results of a limit of detection comparison of molecular diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

The survey is aligned with concerns from mental health professionals: The pandemic is draining frontline clinicians emotionally, physically or financially.

A federal commission called on CMS to lead and advocate for nursing home residents and staff, issuing recommendations on how to improve safety and quality.

CMS offered nursing homes guidelines on how to safely allow visitors in indoor and outdoor settings, after months of restrictions meant to protect residents from the coronavirus.

Wealthier health systems might be generating a margin treating COVID-19 patients, while others are losing money. Policy experts urge HHS to consider that divide when allocating remaining grant money from the CARES Act.

Rather than using his bully pulpit to build a national commitment to the masking and social distancing policies that could return the country to near-normal economic, education and social activities, the president is leading the opposition.