The new study on New York's sepsis initiative could have broader implications if the CMS moves forward on plans to tie hospital's compliance with these protocols to their reimbursement as part of its inpatient quality measures.

House Democrats are probing whether Gilead Sciences' agreement to donate millions of doses of Truvada included discussion over the treatment's patents.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and North Memorial Health will enter into a joint venture to co-own the health system's 20 clinics.

The FDA has released 20 years of data on medical-device adverse events that had been kept from public view.

Kaiser Permanente plans to construct a new headquarters in Oakland, Calif., a move expected to save the health system $60 million a year in reduced operational costs.

Recent actions by lawmakers to address the rising maternal death rate have raised optimism among stakeholders that their yearslong efforts to create a national infrastructure of quality measures for maternity care may be realized.

The American Medical Association reaffirmed its opposition to Medicare for All, narrowly maintaining the position after young members called for changing its stance.

Hospitals attempting to eliminate the use of opioids for certain surgeries are seeking to upend decades of accepted pain-control practices, which have recognized opioids as the primary option.

The CMS will post a previously undisclosed list of more than 400 nursing homes that have been cited for persistent health and safety violations.

Individuals who reported an unmet social need in the past year were twice as likely to rate their health as "fair" or "poor" than those who didn't, according to the survey.

Experts say there are strong indicators the current methods for financing long-term care are leading to a crisis that will make such services unaffordable for those most in need.

Many of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws are in states that already perform poorly on maternal care services and outcomes. 

Only a fifth of U.S. hospitals fully meet national performance standards on limiting unnecessary episiotomies, C-sections and early elective deliveries, according to a new Leapfrog Group report.

Stakeholders fear the CMS’ plan to mandate oncology practices to take on downside risk in the bundled-payment model could drive many providers out of the program to avoid financial losses.

A new analysis finds pressure to lower costs will grow for providers in the CMS' Oncology Care Model as the agency pushes toward downside risk.