The top quartile of hospitals provided $11.50 in charity care for the uninsured for every $100 of their overall net income compared to $72.30 for third-quartile hospitals.

Of the 453 vulnerable rural hospitals, 237 are "at risk" and 216 are the least stable, new research shows.

The medical-device industry, federal regulators and state authorities continue to debate how to best balance medical-device production and environmental impacts as they review ethylene oxide standards for sterilization facilities.

Legislatures in Ohio, Kansas and other states are reviewing bills that would increase advanced practice practitioners' autonomy, drawing criticism from some physicians and associations.

The number of NPs grew at an unprecedented rate across major professions from around 91,000 in 2010 to 190,000 in 2017, new research shows.

The Federal Trade Commission closed its investigation into the proposed merger of home health companies Aveanna Healthcare and Maxim Healthcare Services after the organizations abandoned the deal.

Cardinal Health voluntarily recalled more than 2.5 million packs that contained potentially contaminated surgical gowns, about a week after it recalled 9.1 million gowns.

Drug prices will rise an estimated 3.59% through next year, marking several years of more modest increases, but hospitals and patients are still grappling with high-cost drugs.

Using one group purchasing organization is part of the 137-hospital system's goal to produce $2 billion in cost savings over four years.

John DiAngelo will retire at the end of the year, capping a 20-year tenure at the Mullica Hill, N.J.-based not-for-profit health system.

With more production moving overseas, providers and manufacturers need to be more strategic about supply chain management.

Nearly 8 million of the recalled surgical gowns were distributed to 2,807 facilities worldwide over the course of more than a year.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain aims to build a second Primary Children's Hospital campus, expand telemedicine, increase the number of pediatric emergency clinicians in rural areas and add behavioral health services.

Wraparound primary-care models can limit spending and reduce hospitalizations, but experts question whether they are economically viable amid labor shortages and costly preventive services.

Erin Asprec, Memorial Hermann's current chief transformation officer, will oversee the Houston-based system's 17 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient clinics.