Any price limits would shake the business model of an industry accustomed to routine hikes that far exceed the rate of inflation.

The move diversifies the Northfield, Ill.-based company’s PPE supply chain, lessening its reliance on Chinese producers.

The state wants to put $150 million a year into sustainable projects that aim to improve patient outcomes and reduce health disparities.

Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, which intends to close next year, is moving forward with plans to open a $13 million outpatient center less than two miles away.

A tentative $2.7 billion settlement of an antitrust case would free Blues plans to invade each other's markets. Under the deal, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association agreed to loosen a rule that barred such competition.

The financial commitment is for a three-year pilot program that will pay doctors more for achieving certain metrics. In another pilot program, the insurer aims to increase racial and ethnic diversity among doctors.

He led two of New York City’s busiest hospitals when COVID-19 first slammed the U.S. Now Israel Rocha Jr. is set to take the helm at the county's public health system, just as hospitals brace for another virus surge.

More life sciences companies are hunting for locations to do research in the area, a good sign for developers betting big on the sector's local future.

The seventh test from the North Chicago medical device maker aims to paint a more complete picture of where patients are in their recovery, which could lead to more targeted treatments.

Michigan chain Beaumont Health would have advanced Advocate's growth ambitions. The pool of potential buyout targets that are big enough to move the needle is shrinking.

New York public hospital executive Israel Rocha Jr. could take the helm at a particularly challenging time for the two-hospital system.

Kim Keck is the first woman to lead the organization.

The deal with Pennsylvania-based Select Medical also involves 63 physical therapy centers in the region.

Nurses must ratify the proposed contract and would vote on it between Sept. 28 and 30, with results announced Oct. 1, the statement said. Nurses have been back on the job since their seven-day strike ended Sept. 19.

A business model favoring customers with well-paying health insurance makes it harder for low-income patients—many of whom are minorities—to get care at leading local hospitals.