1120 articles by Rebecca Pifer

• Cigna sues CVS, former pharmacy head Bricker over exec’s departure

  Jan. 27, 2023

• More hospitals are electronically sharing health information

  Jan. 27, 2023

• Artificial intelligence could save healthcare industry $360B a year

  Jan. 26, 2023

• CVS, Rush partner on new ACO for Chicago Medicare patients

  Jan. 24, 2023

• Amazon doubles down on generic drugs with new RxPass subscription

  Jan. 24, 2023

• Dollar General latest player to enter retail clinic arena

  Jan. 23, 2023

• Study throws claims of telehealth savings into doubt

  Jan. 19, 2023

• Cleveland Clinic expects $200M-plus operating loss in 2022

  Jan. 19, 2023

• Major government ACOs to cover 13.2M people this year

  Jan. 18, 2023

• Teladoc slashes 6% of workforce in cost-cutting effort

  Jan. 18, 2023

• How technology will shape healthcare in 2023

  Jan. 17, 2023

• UnitedHealth, flush off 2022 momentum, eyes membership, value-based growth

  Jan. 13, 2023

• Omada partners with Intermountain on diabetes management in Utah

  Jan. 12, 2023

• Hospitals disappointed with court ruling placing HHS in charge of 340B repayment

  Jan. 11, 2023

• Teladoc expects $2.4B in 2022 revenue, boosted by BetterHelp

  Jan. 10, 2023

• CVS reportedly exploring $10B buy of Oak Street Health

  Jan. 10, 2023

• Oak Street names first chief wellness officer

  Jan. 6, 2023

• Teladoc rolling out new integrated health app this year

  Jan. 5, 2023

• GE’s new healthcare spinoff nabs Amazon executive as CTO

  Jan. 5, 2023

• Walgreens raises healthcare segment outlook on Summit acquisition

  Jan. 5, 2023

• Allscripts changes name to Veradigm

  Jan. 4, 2023

• High-intensity billing in ERs has increased, but not only due to upcoding, research suggests

  Dec. 21, 2022

• ‘Bravo Congress’: Telehealth groups cheer omnibus extension of COVID-19 flexibilities

  Dec. 21, 2022

• Telehealth visits across most specialties don’t require in-person follow-up, study finds

  Dec. 15, 2022

• National health spending reached $4.3 trillion in 2021

  Dec. 14, 2022

• CMS estimates 41.5M people affected by innovation center models since late 2020

  Dec. 14, 2022

• Bright Health in danger of being booted from NYSE

  Dec. 13, 2022

• Variability in Medicare direct contracting savings illustrates promises, pitfalls of value-based care

  Dec. 12, 2022

• Progressive lawmakers call on CMS to cull companies with history of Medicare fraud from ACO REACH

  Dec. 12, 2022

• Payers, providers applaud new CMS prior authorization rule

  Dec. 8, 2022

• UnitedHealth’s $5.4B buy of LHC expected to close in Q1

  Dec. 7, 2022

• CMS proposes new prior authorization requirements for payers, including MA plans

  Dec. 7, 2022

• Fresenius CFO named chief executive amid operational turnaround

  Dec. 6, 2022

• UnitedHealthcare loses lawsuit to TeamHealth — again — in ongoing battle over billing

  Dec. 2, 2022

• As complaints roll in, ‘complexity’ holding up HHS information blocking enforcement, health IT coordinator says

  Dec. 1, 2022

• Cleveland Clinic losses top $1.5B amid inflation pressures

  Dec. 1, 2022

• Ousted MetroHealth CEO, facing embezzlement allegations, sues hospital over termination

  Nov. 30, 2022

• Google Health inks first licensing agreement for mammography AI tech

  Nov. 28, 2022

• Amwell in talks to acquire Talkspace: report

  Nov. 28, 2022

• MetroHealth fires CEO Akram Boutros over almost $2M in unreported bonuses

  Nov. 23, 2022

• State AGs urge Apple to protect consumers’ reproductive health data

  Nov. 22, 2022

• Morgan Health nabs Walmart executive to accelerate strategy around population health

  Nov. 21, 2022

• ‘Not in la la land’: As digital health funding ebbs, VCs urge startups to be conservative

  Nov. 18, 2022

• One Medical’s innovation chief on Amazon, Medicaid and more

  Nov. 18, 2022

• Oak Street has no interest in a takeover, bullish on Walmart partnership and more from CMO Ali Khan

  Nov. 17, 2022

• HHS to look at MA risk adjustment as upcoding in spotlight

  Nov. 17, 2022

• Divided Congress after midterms will allow HHS to execute on policy priorities, Becerra says

  Nov. 16, 2022

• Google hasn’t given up on personal health records

  Nov. 16, 2022

• Elevance plans to continue aggressive M&A, CEO says

  Nov. 15, 2022

• Included Health launches new virtual care, navigation product

  Nov. 15, 2022

• Maven raises $90M, fueling push into Medicaid, CMO says

  Nov. 15, 2022

• General Catalyst adds 10 new health system partners, including UHS

  Nov. 15, 2022

• Amazon launches virtual doctor marketplace in newest healthcare play

  Nov. 15, 2022

• Google, Epic partnering to allow Epic hospital clients to run EHRs on Google Cloud

  Nov. 14, 2022

• Google Cloud to launch healthcare data capabilities in bid to improve health equity, patient management

  Nov. 14, 2022

• Cigna’s MDLive will add chronic care program to virtual primary care plans

  Nov. 14, 2022

• More than the main stage: 5 key panels at HLTH 2022

  Nov. 10, 2022

• Bright Health ceases MA operations in Florida in latest business cut

  Nov. 10, 2022

• What’s in it for Evernorth? Cigna’s health services arm invests $2.5B in VillageMD-Summit

  Nov. 9, 2022

• Oak Street Health brings in record revenue in Q3

  Nov. 8, 2022

• Walgreens-backed VillageMD buys Summit Health for $9B

  Nov. 7, 2022

• Half of hospitals spend just 1.4% of expenses on charity care, KFF finds

  Nov. 4, 2022

• Capitated revenue now makes up outsized share of One Medical’s net revenue

  Nov. 3, 2022

• CVS agrees to pay $5B to resolve opioid-related lawsuits

  Nov. 2, 2022

• As travel time to abortion clinics skyrockets post-Dobbs, patients turn to telemedicine for abortion pills

  Nov. 2, 2022

• U.S. seeing loss of physicians providing contraceptive services, study suggests

  Nov. 1, 2022

• Healthcare lobbying rose 70% over past two decades

  Oct. 31, 2022

• Walgreens-backed VillageMD in talks to merge with Summit, Bloomberg reports

  Oct. 31, 2022

• UnitedHealthcare latest payer to expand ACA reach with 4 new states for 2023

  Oct. 28, 2022

• Teladoc shares on upswing as it sets up for ‘achievable’ growth

  Oct. 27, 2022

• Walmart adds new health clinics in Florida

  Oct. 26, 2022

• After pandemic highs, digital health funding slouches to early 2019 levels

  Oct. 25, 2022

• DOJ requests more info on CVS, Signify deal

  Oct. 21, 2022

• Crossover Health in talks with multiple major insurers to offer capitated primary care

  Oct. 21, 2022

• Providers are doubling down on software investments, report finds

  Oct. 20, 2022

• Calm CEO David Ko on the meditation’s app expansion into clinical mental health

  Oct. 20, 2022

• Falling MA star ratings dog payers’ future earnings

  Oct. 18, 2022

• Biden admin increases funding for community mental health clinics

  Oct. 18, 2022

• UnitedHealth raises 2022 earnings outlook following Q3 beat

  Oct. 14, 2022

• Walgreens thinks healthcare division will achieve profitability by 2024

  Oct. 13, 2022

• Walmart steps into clinical trials, joining rivals Walgreens, CVS

  Oct. 12, 2022

• Walgreens snaps up rest of CareCentrix for $392M

  Oct. 11, 2022

• Beleaguered Bright slashes footprint, fully exiting ACA markets and restricting MA to 2 states

  Oct. 11, 2022

• CVS tags Optum exec to lead new healthcare delivery division

  Oct. 10, 2022

• Care New England appoints new CEO

  Oct. 7, 2022

• Providers now required to share greater scope of patient data

  Oct. 6, 2022

• Google launches suite of digital tools around medical images

  Oct. 6, 2022

• Cigna expands MA presence by 22% for 2023

  Oct. 5, 2022

• How tight nursing home capacity is bottlenecking hospital operations

  Oct. 4, 2022

• Period tracker Flo launches anonymous mode amid post-Roe privacy concerns

  Sept. 15, 2022

• Amazon, Walmart among hundreds of employers, health groups urging Senate to extend telehealth flexibilities

  Sept. 14, 2022

• Vera, Castlight rebrand; announce ex-Cerner executive as CEO

  Sept. 12, 2022

• Teladoc names first-ever chief health equity officer

  Sept. 12, 2022

• CVS enters into 4 new states for ACA exchange plans

  Sept. 9, 2022

• OIG report suggests telehealth fraud rare in Medicare

  Sept. 8, 2022

• Walmart, UnitedHealth ink 10-year collaboration deal on value-based care

  Sept. 7, 2022

• CVS nabs home healthcare company Signify for $8B following bidding war

  Sept. 6, 2022

• Molina, Elevance nab Iowa Medicaid contracts on heels of California win

  Sept. 1, 2022

• Oscar loses big tech customer amid platform implementation snags

  Aug. 31, 2022

• Walgreens completes majority stake acquisition in CareCentrix

  Aug. 31, 2022

• FTC sues data broker Kochava for selling data that could track clinic visits

  Aug. 30, 2022

• Biden administration makes record-high investment in ACA navigators

  Aug. 29, 2022

• Cigna expanding ACA footprint to 3 new states in 2023

  Aug. 29, 2022

• Molina, Elevance, Centene win big with Medicaid contracts in California

  Aug. 26, 2022

• Amazon Care to shut down by year’s end as corporate customers don’t see value

  Aug. 25, 2022

• Cyberattacks refocusing from large health systems to smaller hospitals, specialty clinics

  Aug. 25, 2022

• Medicare Advantage lobby rebuts senator’s inquiry into ‘potentially deceptive’ marketing tactics

  Aug. 24, 2022

• Texas judge blocks HHS guidance on emergency abortion care

  Aug. 24, 2022

• Merger with SCL Health spurs Intermountain to $2.7B in net income

  Aug. 23, 2022

• Biden admin adds 1.8M extra doses to monkeypox vaccine supply as New York urges more aid

  Aug. 19, 2022

• Electronic data sharing between physicians and public health agencies rare, new ONC data finds

  Aug. 18, 2022

• CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow

  Aug. 18, 2022

• Payers, hospitals pleased as Biden signs sweeping health bill into law

  Aug. 17, 2022

• Providence posts $424M operating loss on heels of restructuring plan

  Aug. 16, 2022

• Oscar Health pauses full-service tech deals amid implementation woes

  Aug. 12, 2022

• Amazon to offer behavioral health services through Ginger partnership

  Aug. 11, 2022

• Cerner agrees to pay $1.9M to settle racial discrimination case

  Aug. 10, 2022

• Clover Health’s Toy to step up as CEO as insurtech bolsters revenue

  Aug. 9, 2022

• No ‘slam dunk fix’ in HIPAA privacy law to protect abortion patients

  Aug. 5, 2022

• Hospitals have low level of accountability for connected device breaches

  Aug. 4, 2022

• Abortion clinics go mobile, seeking flexibility amid patchwork state restrictions

  Aug. 1, 2022

• Teladoc shares tumble amid weak guidance, inflation headwinds

  July 28, 2022

• States mixed on how to improve Medicaid unwinding with PHE end date unknown

  July 28, 2022

• UHS net income cut in half as system predicts COVID impact will persist through 2022

  July 26, 2022

• UHS explores joint ventures, aggressive managed care negotiations as costs increase

  July 26, 2022

• Amazon will see you now: reading between the lines of the One Medical acquisition

  July 25, 2022

• Teladoc names ex-Providence executive as new COO, filling vacancy

  July 25, 2022

• Amazon to buy One Medical for $3.9B

  July 21, 2022

• DOJ goes after $1.2B in health fraud, including telehealth, genetic testing

  July 20, 2022

• 'I am terrified': Doctors warn lawmakers of grim health impacts from Roe reversal

  July 20, 2022

• JPMorgan's healthcare arm to invest $30M in plan administrator Centivo

  July 20, 2022

• Lawmakers urge HHS to fine drugmakers restricting 340B drug discounts

  July 18, 2022

• Data breach at debt collector affects almost 2M healthcare patients

  July 18, 2022

• UnitedHealth to offer some drugs, including insulin, at no cost share in 2023

  July 15, 2022

• Teladoc's new CMO Vidya Raman-Tangella on the telehealth giant's clinical strategy and new products

  July 14, 2022

• Clover to enter 13 new markets for 2023 amid rising expenses

  July 14, 2022

• New York files False Claims Act case against Fresenius in whistleblower suit

  July 13, 2022

• Digital health funding is cooling down

  July 12, 2022

• CVS names executive to new chief data, tech officer role

  July 11, 2022

• House oversight committee launches investigation into reproductive health data collection

  July 11, 2022

• CMS finds 'troubling' implicit bias in 3 payment models

  July 8, 2022

• Lawmakers amplify calls for federal agencies to increase data privacy after Dobbs decision

  July 7, 2022

• Major payment vendor data breach, North Korean threat raise ransomware concerns for hospitals

  July 7, 2022

• Feds brokered record $5B in healthcare fraud cases last year

  July 6, 2022

• Democratic senators want stricter HIPAA rules to protect abortion patients

  July 5, 2022

• CMS wants Tennessee to change Trump-approved Medicaid block grant plan

  July 1, 2022

• CMS insurer price transparency rule has taken effect. Signs are good for compliance

  July 1, 2022

• Biden signs law requiring more VA transparency on EHR rollout costs

  June 30, 2022

• UHS lowers financial outlook on 'unfavorable' operating environment, making good on April warning

  June 30, 2022

• House hearing ups ante on Medicare Advantage reform

  June 29, 2022

• Democrat governors urge Congress to prevent 'disastrous' coverage loss by preserving ACA subsidies

  June 29, 2022

• Following Roe ruling, Biden administration warns payers they must cover contraception

  June 28, 2022

• Supreme Court rules in favor of HHS in Medicare disproportionate share payments case

  June 27, 2022

• Colorado first state to launch public option via federal waiver

  June 24, 2022

• Epic to join TEFCA — 'One of our more significant interoperability projects'

  June 22, 2022

• Tenet launches joint venture with urology network as system further scales ASC business

  June 22, 2022

• Walgreens Health Corners network swells with new Buckeye partnership in Ohio

  June 21, 2022

• As cross-state telemedicine waivers expire, virtual care advocates focus on long-term policy changes

  June 21, 2022

• Washington ups pressure on PBMs with more aggressive FTC policy, congressional ask for GAO study

  June 21, 2022

• CVS appoints new chief strategy officer

  June 17, 2022

• Anthem launches Wellpoint health plan, Carelon health services brands

  June 16, 2022

• Finances of older Americans being dinged by high health costs, survey finds

  June 15, 2022

• Despite rosier trust fund outlook, time running out to stabilize Medicare funding, researchers warn

  June 13, 2022

• FTC hits UnitedHealth, LHC with another request for information on $5.4B buy

  June 13, 2022

• Oracle announces plans to create national health record database on heels of Cerner deal

  June 10, 2022

• 2 million patients' data exposed in cyberattack on New England health services provider

  June 9, 2022

• CMS issues first price transparency fines to 2 Georgia hospitals

  June 9, 2022

• Amwell appoints ex-Advocate Aurora exec as chief medical officer

  June 8, 2022

• Oracle closes $28B buy of 'huge growth engine' Cerner

  June 8, 2022

• FTC launches investigation into PBMs; CVS, UnitedHealth, Cigna and more hit with requests for data

  June 7, 2022

• E-prescribing network Surescripts appoints new CEO

  June 7, 2022

• Oak Street to enter 21st state with launch of Colorado clinics

  June 7, 2022

• Teladoc hit with class-action suit alleging it misled investors

  June 6, 2022

• Trustees' report shows additional breathing room for Medicare solvency, though concerns remain

  June 3, 2022

• Rite Aid forays into care delivery for rural seniors with new Homeward partnership

  June 2, 2022

• Ascension taps current chief data officer as new CIO

  June 1, 2022

• PBM practices are keeping consumers from generics savings, white paper finds

  June 1, 2022

• Change shares peek at 2023 as UnitedHealth merger trial looms

  May 31, 2022

• HHS asks for more information blocking authority from Congress

  May 27, 2022

• Healthcare spending could drop $11.4B next year if ACA premium subsidies expire, research finds

  May 26, 2022

• Clover Health appoints Scott Leffler as CFO following role turnover

  May 26, 2022

• Civica taps current COO to succeed VanTrieste as chief executive

  May 25, 2022

• Employees cause more cyber breaches in healthcare than other industries, report finds

  May 24, 2022

• Cedars-Sinai names UCLA physician as chief health equity officer

  May 23, 2022

• VA EHR implementation facing patient data, access concerns, audit finds

  May 12, 2022

• Oscar Health withdraws from 2 states

  May 11, 2022

• Amwell Q1 net loss widens on costs to expand Converge platform

  May 10, 2022

• Investment losses, COVID-19 costs drive Kaiser to $961M net loss

  May 9, 2022

• Nonprofit break-off drives Sutter to net loss, as system faces year full of labor negotiations

  May 6, 2022

• Allscripts CEO Paul Black steps down after a decade

  May 6, 2022

• Hospitals, PBMs say drugmaker restrictions on 340B discounts stifling finances

  May 5, 2022

• Hospital, payer, IT groups urge Congress to overturn ban on unique patient identifier

  May 5, 2022

• Membership growth drives CVS profit up, despite less help from testing, vaccinations

  May 4, 2022

• Biden admin suspends Georgia plan to let private sector run ACA marketplace

  May 2, 2022

• 'Very false and misleading' criticisms over direct contracting stoked model controversy, stakeholders say

  April 29, 2022

• Teladoc records $6.6B impairment charge on Livongo acquisition, spurring record net loss

  April 27, 2022

• Does telemedicine result in duplicative care? Depends on the patient, study suggests

  April 27, 2022

• Tenet says 'cybersecurity incident' disrupted hospital operations

  April 26, 2022

• UnitedHealth plans to sell Change's claims editing unit for $2.2B to aid merger

  April 26, 2022

• Teladoc names new chief medical officer

  April 25, 2022

• Biden admin drops challenge to Texas Medicaid waiver

  April 25, 2022

• Humana to sell majority stake in Kindred hospice arm to PE firm for $2.8B

  April 22, 2022

• DOJ cracks down on 'largest and most wide-ranging' COVID-19 fraud

  April 21, 2022

• House Democrats urge Biden admin to curtail short-term plan access

  April 20, 2022

• Traveling Kaiser members get access to Cigna providers under new deal

  April 20, 2022

• Supreme Court throws out Medicaid work requirement cases

  April 19, 2022

• Bright Health exits 6 states amid financial, operational woes

  April 18, 2022

• Global digital health funding reaches 6-quarter low, at $10.4B

  April 14, 2022

• UnitedHealth expects to 'successfully overcome' DOJ challenge to Change acquisition

  April 14, 2022

• Community health centers facing acute workforce loss

  April 13, 2022

• HHS to request provider data on billing practices under new White House plan to ease medical debt

  April 12, 2022

• Walmart opening 5 health 'superstores' in delayed Florida launch

  April 5, 2022

• Surprisingly, physician burnout could contribute to slightly better outcomes, new study suggests

  April 4, 2022

• Surprise medical bills rank as public's second-highest financial worry, survey finds

  March 31, 2022

• Hospitals bet big on venture capital amid COVID-19 revenue flux

  March 30, 2022

• UnitedHealth to buy home health business LHC for $5.4B

  March 30, 2022

• US health spending growth decelerated in pandemic's second year

  March 29, 2022

• Google launches new search tool for provider appointments, seeks FDA approval for Fitbit feature

  March 25, 2022

• ONC head Micky Tripathi on info-blocking complaints, provider penalties and future of TEFCA

  March 25, 2022

• Record 14.5M Americans signed up for ACA coverage this year

  March 24, 2022

• The case for hybrid care models

  March 22, 2022

• 'On high alert': Hospitals wary of cyber threats from Russia-Ukraine war

  March 18, 2022

• What's holding up hospital at home?

  March 17, 2022

• How can hospitals improve staff retention? Tech and training, experts say

  March 17, 2022

• New app, streamlined EHR: how Athenahealth is tackling 2022, according to its chief product officer

  March 16, 2022

• 'The promise it really brings': talking TEFCA with Sequoia Project CEO Mariann Yeager

  March 15, 2022

• Payer-to-payer data exchange rule to be published 'soon,' CMS head says at #HIMSS22

  March 15, 2022

• Google to integrate search, summary tools within Meditech EHR in next 9 months

  March 15, 2022

• What is consumerism amid COVID-19?

  March 14, 2022

• 5 can't-miss HIMSS22 panels

  March 11, 2022

• Amwell partners with electronics giant LG to develop digital health tools

  March 10, 2022

• Hospital ownership affects services provided, study suggests

  March 8, 2022

• Telehealth use increased amid omicron as 2021 drew to a close

  March 7, 2022

• Allscripts selling hospital EHR business to Canadian holding company for $700M

  March 3, 2022

• Teladoc partners with Amazon on smart speaker medical calls

  March 1, 2022

• HHS received almost 300 info blocking claims since April, with majority lodged against providers

  March 1, 2022

• CMS redesigns controversial Medicare direct contracting model

  Feb. 28, 2022

• Teladoc issues strong outlook as 2021 revenue tops $2B

  Feb. 23, 2022

• Ground ambulance costs continue to soar, study finds

  Feb. 22, 2022

• Walgreens, VillageMD on track to open 200 co-branded clinics this year

  Feb. 17, 2022

• DOJ has until Feb. 27 to sue to block UnitedHealth's $8B Change acquisition

  Feb. 16, 2022

• Biden admin awards $55M in virtual care grants to community health centers

  Feb. 15, 2022

• Kaiser sets new record for annual net income with $8.1B

  Feb. 14, 2022

• 'An ever-spiraling upward cycle': nonprofit hospital CEOs paid 8 times more than average worker

  Feb. 11, 2022

• Ascension inks strategic relationship with Labcorp, expanding testing capabilities

  Feb. 10, 2022

• Boosters and test demand — coupled with lower COVID-19 treatment costs — drove CVS profit up 33% in Q4

  Feb. 9, 2022

• Amazon expands virtual care service nationwide as demand surges

  Feb. 9, 2022

• Black women disproportionately concentrated in low-wage, hazardous healthcare jobs, study finds

  Feb. 8, 2022

• Hospital-acquired COVID-19 infections rare and dropping, study suggests

  Feb. 7, 2022

• Congress poised to address mental health crisis — including fining payers for benefit inequities

  Feb. 4, 2022

• Senators pinpoint MA oversight, cutting drug costs to address looming Medicare insolvency

  Feb. 3, 2022

• Anthem relies on flexible partner-not-build strategy in shift to value

  Feb. 2, 2022

• Cleveland Clinic reports COVID-spurred financial windfall in 2021

  Jan. 31, 2022

• Safety net hospitals report growing financial hit from loss of 340B drug discounts

  Jan. 27, 2022

• Uber Health appoints first chief medical officer

  Jan. 26, 2022

• Anthem doubles profit to $1.1B, issues conservative 2022 guidance

  Jan. 26, 2022

• The shifting digital health investment landscape in 2022

  Jan. 25, 2022

• Insurers falling seriously short in mental health, substance use disorder benefits, federal departments say

  Jan. 25, 2022

• Georgia sues Biden administration over Medicaid work requirement rollback

  Jan. 24, 2022

• The future of ONC's interoperability framework hinges on adoption. But the agency — and industry — is optimistic

  Jan. 21, 2022

• IBM to sell Watson Health division to private equity firm

  Jan. 21, 2022

• Study finds racial bias in how clinicians describe patients in medical records

  Jan. 20, 2022

• UnitedHealth reiterates MA growth expectations for 2022 as profits eclipse $4B

  Jan. 19, 2022

• Biden administration publishes long-awaited TEFCA interoperability framework

  Jan. 18, 2022

• Providers concerned about staffing shortages post-SCOTUS vaccination mandate ruling

  Jan. 14, 2022

• Medical cost growth trailed that of other industries in 2021

  Jan. 13, 2022

• Teladoc ups revenue, visit expectations for 2021

  Jan. 11, 2022

• Digital health funding reaches record $29.1B in 2021

  Jan. 11, 2022

• Becerra orders CMS to reassess Medicare premiums after Aduhelm cost cut

  Jan. 10, 2022

• Telehealth use reached pandemic low in October, per tracker

  Jan. 10, 2022

• Biden admin proposes stricter network adequacy, marketing standards for MA plans

  Jan. 7, 2022

• Vera Whole Health to acquire navigation player Castlight in $370M deal, including Anthem investment

  Jan. 6, 2022

• Molina closes $60M acquisition of Cigna's Medicaid contracts in Texas

  Jan. 5, 2022

• UnitedHealthcare permanently shelves controversial ER coverage changes following confusion

  Jan. 4, 2022

• Huge variance in state costs for complex hospitalizations from COVID-19, analysis finds

  Dec. 15, 2021

• Humana, Centene sue slate of drugmakers, alleging anticompetitive practices to protect HIV drug monopoly

  Dec. 14, 2021

• Employers report highest annual increase in per-employee health costs in over a decade

  Dec. 13, 2021

• New CVS primary care locations to include physicians for first time

  Dec. 10, 2021

• Senate passes legislation to avoid Medicare cuts in year-end sprint

  Dec. 8, 2021

• Medicare Advantage quality bonus program hasn't improved quality, study finds

  Dec. 8, 2021

• Bright Health nabs $750M capital infusion with help from new investor (and competitor) Cigna

  Dec. 8, 2021

• COVID-19 drops out of top telehealth diagnoses in September even as virtual care use rises

  Dec. 7, 2021

• Medicare telehealth visits increased 63-fold from 2019 to 2020, new government data shows

  Dec. 6, 2021

• CVS, Microsoft ink alliance to develop digital health, personalized products

  Dec. 2, 2021

• VA to resume Cerner medical record implementation early next year with new leadership

  Dec. 2, 2021

• Hospital lobbying fails to stop looming Medicare cuts in year-end proposal

  Dec. 1, 2021

• Patient willingness for telehealth high, but in-person care perceived as more valuable, research suggests

  Dec. 1, 2021

• UnitedHealthcare to appeal after jury awards TeamHealth $60M in damages

  Nov. 30, 2021

• UPMC more than quadruples net income to $1.2B amid returning care and investment gains

  Nov. 29, 2021

• Weak investment markets drive Cleveland Clinic's income down 30%

  Nov. 24, 2021

• Anesthesiologists say Blue Cross NC 'abusing' surprise billing ban to drive down rates

  Nov. 23, 2021

• EHR vendor Athenahealth bought out in $17B private equity deal

  Nov. 22, 2021

• CVS unveils new health-focused retail strategy, explicit move into primary care

  Nov. 19, 2021

• Biden admin proposes wide-reaching drug data collection in fourth surprise billing rule

  Nov. 18, 2021

• Insurtechs notched feverishly high MLRs in Q3. But it's not necessarily a mark of poor cost management

  Nov. 17, 2021

• CommonSpirit continuing to pursue Midwest deal as delta pressures operations

  Nov. 17, 2021

• Providence posts operating loss amid delta surge

  Nov. 16, 2021

• Biogen's pricey Alzheimer's drug contributes to major Medicare premium hikes

  Nov. 15, 2021

• Delta surge spurs Amwell's urgent care growth as specialty, behavioral visits drop off

  Nov. 11, 2021

• Health centers raise alarm about rolling back Medicaid coverage post-public health emergency

  Nov. 10, 2021

• Oak Street faces DOJ inquiry into third-party marketing, transportation relationships

  Nov. 9, 2021

• Kaiser's operating margin dwindles as COVID-19 expenses, labor costs rise

  Nov. 8, 2021

• Controversial UnitedHealth-Change tie-up gets new deadline for DOJ review

  Nov. 4, 2021

• Iora boosts One Medical's 50% revenue growth, but medical costs ding Q3 bottom line

  Nov. 4, 2021

• COVID-19 medical costs drag Aetna's commercial business, but CVS still posts $1.6B in Q3 profit

  Nov. 3, 2021

• Why are women more likely to use telehealth?

  Nov. 2, 2021

• Federal data shows ACA, Medicaid coverage kept uninsured rate steady as open enrollment kicks off

  Nov. 1, 2021

• Cerner narrows strategic focus as Feinberg takes reins

  Oct. 29, 2021

• Teladoc plans to take on risk in primary care, expand program to hospital clients

  Oct. 28, 2021

• LifePoint, Kindred spinning off new 79-hospital entity at acquisition's close

  Oct. 27, 2021

• A look at Teladoc's primary care strategy from its head of US group health

  Oct. 27, 2021

• Cigna expands telehealth benefits for employer-covered lives, including new virtual-first plan

  Oct. 26, 2021

• Large purchaser coalition PBGH forms new venture to lower employer health costs, starting with PBM launch

  Oct. 25, 2021

• Oak Street Health buys specialty telemed provider for $130M

  Oct. 21, 2021

• UnitedHealthcare to launch virtual-first primary care plan by end of year, COO says

  Oct. 19, 2021

• Amazon teases 5 more cities to get virtual Amazon Care offering this year

  Oct. 19, 2021

• Microsoft integrates health-specific cloud offering with Cerner EHR

  Oct. 19, 2021

• One Medical elbows into chronic condition management with new program

  Oct. 18, 2021

• Doctor on Demand, Grand Rounds rebrand as Included Health to compete in crowded benefits space

  Oct. 18, 2021

• Walgreens doubles stake in provider network VillageMD with $5.2B investment

  Oct. 14, 2021

• UnitedHealth, with profit up 29%, expects contested Change acquisition to close early 2022

  Oct. 14, 2021

• Best Buy's latest health acquisition builds on plan to expand at-home care

  Oct. 12, 2021

• 'A quiet suffering': Primary care struggles with COVID-19 strain, telemedicine rollbacks

  Oct. 11, 2021

• Optum inks deal with largest health system to date, SSM Health

  Oct. 8, 2021

• Teladoc expands virtual primary care pilot to plans nationwide

  Oct. 7, 2021

• How Morgan Health hopes to finally move the needle on employer health costs: 5 insights from a chat with the venture's CEO

  Oct. 7, 2021

• AMA calls out shrinking payer competition amid rising antitrust interest in Washington

  Sept. 29, 2021

• Free insurance under COBRA for Americans without job-based coverage ends Thursday

  Sept. 29, 2021

• Delta pressure on US hospitals dragged August operations, Kaufman Hall finds

  Sept. 27, 2021

• 6 drug companies could face steep fines for violating 340B law

  Sept. 24, 2021

• Quarter of providers saw mortality rates rise after ransomware attacks, survey finds

  Sept. 23, 2021

• Sutter kicks off nationwide CEO search as Sarah Krevans announces retirement

  Sept. 23, 2021

• AHA-backed study predicts hospitals could lose $54B in profit this year

  Sept. 21, 2021

• HCA to acquire 5 Utah hospitals from Steward Health Care

  Sept. 21, 2021

• CommonSpirit's net income jumps to $5.5B in 2021, reversing major COVID-19 loss

  Sept. 20, 2021

• In rare move, DOJ intervenes in MA fraud case against data mining company

  Sept. 15, 2021

• Preventable hospitalization costs among unvaccinated patients surged to $3.7B in August, KFF says

  Sept. 14, 2021

• Insurers to disclose relationships with brokers, agents in new CMS proposed rule

  Sept. 13, 2021

• Hospital execs see delta pressure dragging into early fourth quarter: Jefferies poll

  Sept. 10, 2021

• Telehealth claims drop to lowest level since before pandemic, Fair Health finds

  Sept. 9, 2021

• Biden admin shells out $452M to boost state reinsurance programs

  Sept. 8, 2021

• Hospital telehealth leveling off at one-fifth of medical appointments, research finds

  Sept. 7, 2021

• Medicare insolvency still expected by 2026, unchanged by COVID-19, trustees say

  Sept. 1, 2021

• Hospital lobby urges Congress to extend Medicare cut relief

  Sept. 1, 2021

• Sutter to pay $90M in largest False Claims Act settlement against a health system for alleged MA fraud

  Aug. 31, 2021

• Mayo Clinic, Alphabet's Verily partner to build clinical decision support tools

  Aug. 27, 2021

• Headspace, Ginger to merge, creating $3B mental health company

  Aug. 26, 2021

• Cigna to expand ACA footprint to 3 new states, 93 new counties next year

  Aug. 26, 2021

• Unvaccinated COVID-19 hospitalizations costing US healthcare system billions, KFF says

  Aug. 24, 2021

• Google disbands health unit as chief departs for Cerner

  Aug. 23, 2021

• Google Health's David Feinberg named Cerner CEO

  Aug. 20, 2021

• AHA moves to shift cost blame to health plans in letter to antitrust regulators

  Aug. 19, 2021

• Payments to MA plans raised overall Medicare spend by $7B in 2019, analysis finds

  Aug. 18, 2021

• Biden administration invests $19M to bolster rural telehealth

  Aug. 18, 2021

• Centene awarded Ohio Medicaid contract following $88M settlement

  Aug. 17, 2021

• UnitedHealthcare loses Medicare Advantage overpayment suit

  Aug. 16, 2021

• AI gains steam, though some execs still not sold at HIMSS21

  Aug. 13, 2021

• Predicting the future of healthcare: 10 takeaways from HIMSS21

  Aug. 13, 2021

• 8 insights from a chat with Joe DeVivo, Teladoc's head of hospitals and health systems

  Aug. 12, 2021

• Health equity takes center stage at HIMSS21

  Aug. 11, 2021

• Should healthcare organizations pay to settle a ransomware attack? Experts weigh in at HIMSS21

  Aug. 11, 2021

• Q&A with Philips' head of connected healthcare on new products, hospital tech adoption in the COVID-19 era

  Aug. 11, 2021

• HHS 'making progress' on disincentives for providers found info blocking, ONC head says: HIMSS21

  Aug. 10, 2021

• JPM venture arm Morgan Health invests $50M in value-based primary care player Vera

  Aug. 6, 2021

• 5 must-watch panels at an unprecedented HIMSS21

  Aug. 5, 2021

• OIG audit targets Aetna's Medicare Advantage plans as government cracks down on fraud

  Aug. 5, 2021

• DOJ reportedly considering suit to block UnitedHealth-Change tie-up

  Aug. 5, 2021

• CVS profit dips to $2.8B as patients return, COVID-19 costs persist

  Aug. 4, 2021

• CMS axes hospital price transparency mandate from 2022 inpatient payment rule

  Aug. 3, 2021

• Primary care docs, facing 'existential' threat, fear for profession's future

  Aug. 2, 2021

• Cerner reports $1.5B in revenue, raises full-year guidance

  July 30, 2021

• Amwell snaps up 2 digital health startups in $320M longitudinal, behavioral care bid

  July 29, 2021

• VA pauses embattled Cerner EHR rollout for 6 months in major revamp

  July 22, 2021

• Medical debt overtakes nonmedical as largest source in collections. COVID-19 may be making it worse.

  July 21, 2021

• Black patients have worse safety outcomes than White patients at the same hospital, study finds

  July 20, 2021

• Patient volume rebound spurs HCA to $1.7B net income in Q2

  July 20, 2021

• How close is quantum computing in healthcare?

  July 19, 2021

• Health tracking tech revenue to reach $13B this year amid sustained consumer demand

  July 16, 2021

• UnitedHealth brings in $71B in revenue, biding time on Biogen Alzheimer's drug coverage call

  July 15, 2021

• Long-awaited interoperability framework TEFCA to go live in 2022, ONC says

  July 14, 2021

• Microsoft, Teladoc partner on virtual care integration for hospitals

  July 14, 2021

• Women teaching internal medicine paid far less than men, study finds

  July 13, 2021

• Telehealth use stabilizing at 38 times pre-COVID-19 levels, McKinsey says

  July 12, 2021

• Telehealth use falls nationally for third month in a row: Fair Health

  July 8, 2021

• Digital health funding in 2021 smashes past year's record with $14.7B

  July 7, 2021

• Cleveland Clinic-owned hospital system pays $21M to settle False Claims allegations

  July 6, 2021

• CMS unveils new ESRD payment model in health equity push

  July 2, 2021

• First of surprise billing ban rules mum on arbitration details

  July 1, 2021

• Oklahoma Medicaid expansion kicks in, making eligible 190K low-income Americans

  July 1, 2021

• Home health giant Amedisys to acquire hospital-at-home startup Contessa Health for $250M

  July 1, 2021

• Anthem completes acquisition of Puerto Rico-based MA, Medicaid plans

  June 30, 2021

• San Diego sues Molina, Kaiser, Centene's HealthNet over alleged 'ghost networks'

  June 28, 2021

• Half of ambulance rides could result in surprise bill, KFF finds

  June 25, 2021

• More than 1/3 of health organizations hit by ransomware last year, report finds

  June 24, 2021

• Biden admin 'absolutely supportive' of telehealth once crisis ebbs, Becerra says

  June 24, 2021

• CMS releases $20M in grants to bolster state-based marketplaces

  June 23, 2021

• Record 1 in 4 Americans now covered by Medicaid, CHIP

  June 22, 2021

• In latest merger bid, Beaumont seeks union with Spectrum Health to create $13B system

  June 18, 2021

• Mobile health apps have 'serious problems' with patient privacy, study warns

  June 16, 2021

• MedPAC: Overhaul MA payments and streamline CMMI models

  June 16, 2021

• Anthem joins insurer-backed generics effort CivicaScript

  June 16, 2021

• Centene shells out $143M to settle PBM disputes in Ohio, Mississippi

  June 15, 2021

• Majority of hospitals not complying with price transparency rule: JAMA

  June 15, 2021

• Humana acquires Onehome to pursue value-based home health strategy

  June 14, 2021

• UnitedHealthcare delays controversial ER policy following backlash

  June 10, 2021

• Health data giants Ciox, Datavant merge in $7B deal

  June 10, 2021

• One Medical and Iora serve radically different populations. Here's why the $2.1B tie-up might make sense.

  June 9, 2021

• Telehealth use dropped again in March, but at slower rate

  June 9, 2021

• Apple unveils new health features aimed at patient-doctor data exchange

  June 8, 2021

• Private equity group buys medical supply giant Medline for $34B in biggest LBO in decade

  June 7, 2021

• CMMI's Fowler: More mandatory payment models likely

  June 3, 2021

• More hospitals letting patients send data to third-party apps: ONC

  June 3, 2021

• London-based digital health startup Babylon to go public in $3.6B blank check deal

  June 3, 2021

• Walgreens completes sale of drug wholesale business to AmerisourceBergen for $6.5B

  June 2, 2021

• Privately insured face worse access, higher costs than those in public plans: JAMA report

  June 1, 2021

• Doctor On Demand, Grand Rounds purchase LGBTQ care navigator Included Health

  May 27, 2021

• Investments drive Ascension to income of $957M, despite dampened patient volumes

  May 27, 2021

• HCA pens pact with Google Cloud to create new clinical decision-making platform

  May 26, 2021

• Senate confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as head of CMS

  May 25, 2021

• April hospital margin gains contrast steep losses from start of COVID-19, not improved performance

  May 24, 2021

• After Haven flop, JPMorgan Chase unveils solo healthcare venture

  May 21, 2021

• Anthem, Epic launch data-sharing partnership

  May 20, 2021

• More than 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth between summer and fall last year

  May 20, 2021

• CommonSpirit and Essentia call off 14-hospital deal following nurse complaints

  May 19, 2021

• Clover net loss balloons due to higher-than-expected medical costs

  May 18, 2021

• Eli Lilly fires back against HHS order to repay providers for violating 340B

  May 18, 2021

• Medical billing startup Cedar to acquire Ooda Health for $425M, moving into insurance market

  May 18, 2021

• One Medical losses double expectations in Q1 as chain preps for Baylor Scott & White partnership

  May 14, 2021

• Amwell growth slows in Q1 amid investor fears of telehealth deceleration

  May 13, 2021

• Despite $64M net loss, Oak Street forecasts continued growth in 2021

  May 11, 2021

• Providers supportive of push to overhaul HIPAA, but air serious concerns about data privacy, timing

  May 10, 2021

• Walmart acquires telehealth provider MeMD, upping competition in telehealth space

  May 7, 2021

• AI expected to supplant telehealth as top investment priority in next few years, survey finds

  May 6, 2021

• Telehealth use dropped in February for first time since September

  May 5, 2021

• CVS profit up 10%, but warns vaccine hesitancy could dampen earnings

  May 4, 2021

• Full speed ahead on interoperability: Q&A with ONC head Micky Tripathi

  May 3, 2021

• COVID-19 spurred growing profitability in insurance markets last year, KFF says

  May 3, 2021

• Teladoc posts wider loss, but CEO brash on fending off rivals

  April 29, 2021

• Humana snaps up remaining stake in home health giant Kindred for $5.7B

  April 28, 2021

• Hospital margins remain narrow in March as COVID-19 financial strain lingers

  April 27, 2021

• Senate panel split on Brooks-LaSure nomination after Biden pulls Texas Medicaid waiver

  April 23, 2021

• HCA Q1 profit more than doubles to $1.4B

  April 22, 2021

• Value-based care at 'critical juncture,' new CMMI chief says

  April 20, 2021

• Health funding shatters records in Q1, hits all-time high of $31.6B

  April 20, 2021

• 3 takeaways from CHIME21: EHRs, Big Tech and VCs look to the future of health

  April 19, 2021

• UnitedHealth kicks off Q1 earnings season with 44% profit jump

  April 15, 2021

• Lyft launches non-emergency medical transport — upon patient request

  April 15, 2021

• Anthem, Blackstone, digital health startup K Health launch joint venture to curb costs

  April 14, 2021

• Intermountain buys Utah-based air ambulance company Classic

  April 13, 2021

• Microsoft acquires clinical voice-to-text company Nuance for $19.7B

  April 12, 2021

• CommonSpirit inks deal with women's health startup Tia on primary care network

  April 8, 2021

• Brian Thompson named CEO of UnitedHealthcare

  April 7, 2021

• Verizon latest tech giant to elbow into telehealth space with provider platform

  April 6, 2021

• SOC Telemed acquires acute telehealth vendor Access Physicians for $194M

  April 1, 2021

• One-third of small businesses say health insurance is a top concern during COVID-19: survey

  March 31, 2021

• IBM, Cleveland Clinic launch 10-year quantum computing deal

  March 30, 2021

• DOJ to investigate UnitedHealth's $13B Change buy

  March 29, 2021

• Payer lobbies cheer new bipartisan bill allowing audio-only telehealth in MA

  March 25, 2021

• Uber Health expands prescription delivery to 37 states with ScriptDrop deal

  March 24, 2021

• Reality check: Amazon Care may not be that big of a deal

  March 23, 2021

• VA launches strategic review of beleaguered $16B Cerner EHR project

  March 19, 2021

• AHA urges strict antitrust review of UnitedHealth's $13B Change buy

  March 19, 2021

• Virtual behavioral healthcare skyrocketed last year as COVID-19 stressed US mental health

  March 18, 2021

• Amazon Care goes nationwide with telehealth, courts outside employers

  March 17, 2021

• Independent primary care docs more financially stable, but fed up with vaccine exclusion

  March 16, 2021

• Despite pandemic, MedPAC advises few changes to 2022 provider payments

  March 16, 2021

• Doctor on Demand, Grand Rounds merge to create multibillion-dollar digital health company

  March 16, 2021

• Ohio sues Centene, alleging PBM practices led to millions in overpayments

  March 12, 2021

• Biden admin eyeing vaccine passports, ONC head says

  March 11, 2021

• 4 key elements of the COVID-19 relief legislation for providers and payers

  March 11, 2021

• Vast majority of hospitals say they have an AI strategy, up from just half last year

  March 10, 2021

• CMS pushes back kidney care payment model start date to January 2022

  March 10, 2021

• Non-operating income helps Providence claw back into black for 2020

  March 9, 2021

• COVID-19 among top US telehealth diagnoses for first time

  March 8, 2021

• Support for telehealth Medicare reimbursement gains steam in Congress

  March 3, 2021

• One Medical CEO says 'we are not perfect,' vows to improve amid Congress probe

  March 2, 2021

• Former Senate aide Elizabeth Fowler to lead CMS innovation center

  March 1, 2021

• One Medical denies COVID-19 vaccine favoritism, gives 'muted' outlook

  March 1, 2021

• Cigna health services arm Evernorth completes buy of telehealth vendor MDLive

  Feb. 26, 2021

• Ascension expands pilot of Google EHR search tool

  Feb. 25, 2021

• Teladoc guides to softer 2021, suggesting easing of pandemic boom

  Feb. 25, 2021

• SCOTUS drops Medicaid work requirement arguments at Biden administration's request

  Feb. 23, 2021

• Oscar Health eyes $6.7B valuation with upcoming IPO

  Feb. 22, 2021

• Google opens new office near Mayo Clinic campus to galvanize tech collaboration

  Feb. 18, 2021

• Don Rucker reflects on highs and lows of tenure as ONC head and the future of health IT

  Feb. 17, 2021

• Anthem-backed digital startup Sharecare goes public in $3.9B blank check deal

  Feb. 17, 2021

• CVS to jump back into individual ACA markets in 2022

  Feb. 16, 2021

• Cerner bets worst of COVID-19 hits in rear view mirror, eyes pivot to data focus

  Feb. 11, 2021

• Oklahoma selects 4 private payers to manage Medicaid for $2B, faces legal suit

  Feb. 9, 2021

• Pandemic habits could cause US health spending to decelerate over 2 decades, Deloitte predicts

  Feb. 8, 2021

• UnitedHealth CEO Dave Wichmann steps down, replaced by Optum head Andrew Witty

  Feb. 4, 2021

• Telehealth use during COVID-19 varied across specialties, was rarer among low-income patients, study finds

  Feb. 3, 2021

• Medicare buy-in for older adults could cut health costs, increase coverage value: Urban Institute

  Feb. 3, 2021

• HCA beats Wall Street expectations in Q4 with revenue up 6% despite low volume

  Feb. 2, 2021

• 3 big predictions for digital health in 2021

  Jan. 29, 2021

• Anthem cuts 2021 outlook, as Q4 profits fall 40% on care resurgence

  Jan. 27, 2021

• Hims & Hers goes public in $1.6B SPAC deal

  Jan. 21, 2021

• UnitedHealth returns to normal care levels in Q4, posts $15B in profit for 2020

  Jan. 20, 2021

• Healthcare funding shatters records in 2020, helped by COVID-19

  Jan. 20, 2021

• Here's which Trump-era health policies Biden could roll back — without help from Congress

  Jan. 20, 2021

• Forging trust in AI, sustaining the virtual care boom and other CES takeaways

  Jan. 19, 2021

• CMS finalizes prior authorization rule payers slam as 'half-baked'

  Jan. 15, 2021

• 'Really difficult nut to crack': MedPAC torn over telehealth regs post-COVID-19

  Jan. 15, 2021

• Google calls Fitbit acquisition complete despite ongoing DOJ review

  Jan. 14, 2021

• Talkspace to go public via SPAC in $1.4B deal

  Jan. 14, 2021

• Ascension divests handful of Wisconsin hospitals, clinics to nonprofit Aspirus Health

  Jan. 13, 2021

• Teladoc projects 2020 revenue doubling to $1.1B

  Jan. 12, 2021

• HHS finalizes regulatory review rule, though more lenient than proposed

  Jan. 8, 2021

• Kaiser Permanente ranked No. 1 in consumer satisfaction, Insure.com finds

  Jan. 6, 2021

• Not enough time, not enough clarity: Payers push back on CMS prior authorization rule

  Jan. 6, 2021

• Fanfare then fizzle: Amazon, JPM, Berkshire shutter Haven after 3 years

  Jan. 4, 2021

• CMS should tweak wage index adjustment to help rural hospitals, OIG says

  Jan. 4, 2021

• CMS finalizes rule to ease value-based arrangements for prescription drugs

  Dec. 22, 2020

• Provider-friendly surprise billing fix, more funds for hospitals in year-end spending bill

  Dec. 21, 2020

• Centene buys specialty pharmacy Pantherx for undisclosed sum

  Dec. 15, 2020

• Trump admin defends national stockpile as PPE, equipment shortages persist

  Dec. 14, 2020

• Bipartisan agreement on provider-friendly surprise billing deal ups chance of passage

  Dec. 14, 2020

• Trump admin proposes easing HIPAA to foster value-based care, COVID-19 contact tracing

  Dec. 11, 2020

• Amazon dips its toes into health data manipulation with HealthLake

  Dec. 10, 2020

• Centene closes buy of analytics firm Apixio

  Dec. 9, 2020

• Oak Street to expand into 2 new states early next year

  Dec. 9, 2020

• Company of the Year: Teladoc

  Dec. 9, 2020

• Trump admin rolls out effort to standardize patient address by close of 2021

  Dec. 3, 2020

• CMS makes some telehealth coverage permanent, finalizes specialty rate cuts

  Dec. 2, 2020

• Google launches interoperability program in advance of data-sharing deadlines

  Dec. 1, 2020

• 5 major airlines to roll out digital health passport for travelers next month

  Nov. 30, 2020

• Payer participation in ACA exchanges rises for third year in a row: KFF

  Nov. 25, 2020

• Healthcare deals in Q4 expected to fall from record-setting Q3, market research firm predicts

  Nov. 25, 2020

• In last minute agenda push, Trump admin rolls back Stark, anti-kickback rules

  Nov. 23, 2020

• Banking on acuity: Tenet, UHS execs optimistic about Q4

  Nov. 20, 2020

• In first report since IPO, Amwell sees revenue up 80% year over year

  Nov. 13, 2020

• Epic, NextGen highest rated acute care EHR vendors for interoperability, Klas finds

  Nov. 12, 2020

• Primary care networks One Medical, Oak Street Health report Q3 revenue jumps

  Nov. 11, 2020

• Top picks for who could run HHS, CMS under Biden

  Nov. 10, 2020

• 5 issues hospitals want Biden to tackle in his first 100 days

  Nov. 10, 2020

• Centene acquires analytics firm Apixio for undisclosed sum

  Nov. 9, 2020

• CVS' Merlo to depart, replaced by veteran payer exec Karen Lynch

  Nov. 6, 2020

• CMS clears Georgia bid to nix Healthcare.gov, decentralizing ACA marketplace

  Nov. 2, 2020

• Allscripts Q3 revenue misses Wall Street forecasts amid sustained COVID-19 headwinds

  Oct. 30, 2020

• Telehealth claim lines flat following 2 months of declines, Fair Health says

  Oct. 29, 2020

• Second interoperability deadline extension likely final delay, ONC chief says

  Oct. 29, 2020

• Teladoc's $18.5B Livongo acquisition closes in just under 3 months

  Oct. 29, 2020

• Trump admin pushes back interoperability deadline for second time

  Oct. 29, 2020

• Teladoc ups guidance for third quarter in a row as telehealth use holds steady

  Oct. 29, 2020

• First site in embattled $16B Cerner VA project goes live

  Oct. 27, 2020

• COVID-19 cases could be 5% of 2021 admissions, HCA says amid rising Q3 profits

  Oct. 26, 2020

• 'In many ways more challenging:' Tenet loses $197M in COVID-19-slammed Q3

  Oct. 21, 2020

• ACA plan premiums to fall 2% in 2021, CMS says

  Oct. 20, 2020

• CVS wants pharmacy techs to administer COVID-19 vaccine, plans to hire 10,000 more

  Oct. 19, 2020

• Retail's role, focus on equity, value-based pay amid COVID-19: takeaways from HLTH 2020

  Oct. 19, 2020

• The hazy post-pandemic future of telehealth

  Oct. 16, 2020

• CommonSpirit to link physical, behavioral health with Concert deal: HLTH 2020

  Oct. 15, 2020

• CMS expands Medicare emergency telehealth coverage with 11 new services

  Oct. 15, 2020

• Allscripts to sell CarePort care coordination segment for $1.35B

  Oct. 14, 2020

• Teladoc-Livongo make first combined sale to Guidewell Health

  Oct. 13, 2020

• IBM launches COVID-19 health status app: HLTH 2020

  Oct. 13, 2020

• Medicare coronavirus vaccine pay rule predicted by month's end, Verma says: HLTH 2020

  Oct. 13, 2020

• Teladoc sues Amwell, alleging patent infringement

  Oct. 13, 2020

• Kaiser CEO promises strategic shift to stronger focus on equity: HLTH 2020

  Oct. 13, 2020

• In surprise move, HCA to return all $6B in COVID-19 federal aid

  Oct. 9, 2020

• 5 can't-miss panels at HLTH 2020

  Oct. 8, 2020

• Lyft integrates with Epic, exponentially growing NEMT reach

  Oct. 8, 2020

• Walmart enters Medicare broker market, threatening incumbents

  Oct. 7, 2020

• Amid pandemic, specialty telehealth outpaces urgent care, Amwell poll says

  Oct. 6, 2020

• MA startup Clover Health goes public in blank check deal valuing it at $3.7B

  Oct. 6, 2020

• Medicare advisers toy with MA payment overhaul as major payers expand for 2021

  Oct. 5, 2020

• Advocate Aurora, Beaumont call off merger following COVID-19, doctor pushback

  Oct. 2, 2020

• Amwell expands partnership with Tyto Care

  Oct. 1, 2020

• Election 2020: Trump and Biden's starkly diverging views on healthcare

  Oct. 1, 2020

• Telehealth vendor Hims & Hers goes public in blank check deal

  Oct. 1, 2020

• Providers win Medicare loan extension, DSH relief but lose other asks in stop-gap spending law

  Oct. 1, 2020

• HHS launching effort to better track office-based EHR use

  Sept. 30, 2020

• Digital health poised for record Q3, with fast growth in mental, women's health investment

  Sept. 29, 2020

• UHS confirms Sunday ransomware attack, some 250 hospitals still affected

  Sept. 29, 2020

• Trump administration may push back interoperability rules, again: Rucker

  Sept. 28, 2020

• Primary care docs call for federal aid as 1/3 still face significantly low revenue

  Sept. 23, 2020

• CMS to expand ambulance prior authorization model nationwide

  Sept. 23, 2020

• Sam's Club, 98point6 to sell telehealth slightly pricier than vendor's DTC product

  Sept. 22, 2020

• Microsoft Teams integrates with EHRs for provider telehealth

  Sept. 22, 2020

• Walmart details Health superstore expansion, one year after pilot

  Sept. 18, 2020

• 'We feel bullish': Payers look ahead to 2021

  Sept. 17, 2020

• Google-backed Amwell prices upsize IPO above range at $18

  Sept. 17, 2020

• Medical services costs for telehealth could swell to $106B by 2023, vendor predicts

  Sept. 17, 2020

• CMS innovation agency to launch risk-based model for dual eligibles

  Sept. 16, 2020

• In deal with Apple, CVS clients get temporary access to new fitness feature

  Sept. 16, 2020

• Uninsured rate rose to 9.2% in US last year, pre-COVID-19 recession

  Sept. 16, 2020

• Cigna rebrands health services division, including Express Scripts, as Evernorth

  Sept. 16, 2020

• Centene added 1.1M members since March amid COVID-19 job losses

  Sept. 15, 2020

• CMS to ax inpatient data in MA risk scoring by 2022

  Sept. 15, 2020

• CMS kills controversial Medicaid fiscal accountability rule

  Sept. 14, 2020

• Fitbit receives FDA clearance for ECG app

  Sept. 14, 2020

• Employers struggling to calculate 2021 medical cost trends due to COVID-19: Credit Suisse

  Sept. 11, 2020

• West Virginia hospital to pay $50M to settle False Claims Act violations

  Sept. 10, 2020

• Targeted cyberattacks on telehealth vendors skyrocketed along with adoption, report finds

  Sept. 10, 2020

• Cigna expanding footprint in ACA exchanges for 2021

  Sept. 9, 2020

• After 4-decade run, UHS CEO Alan Miller stepping down in January

  Sept. 8, 2020

• Federal COVID-19 cash saved most hospitals from bleakest forecasts: MedPAC

  Sept. 4, 2020

• CBO finds COVID-19 puts Medicare trust fund insolvency just 4 years away

  Sept. 4, 2020

• Telehealth claims dipped second month in a row in June: Fair Health

  Sept. 3, 2020

• Walmart, newly public Oak Street Health launch clinic partnership in Texas

  Sept. 2, 2020

• Apple, Google take front seat on apps in new COVID-19 exposure notifications tech

  Sept. 1, 2020

• Aetna unveils plan nudging members to CVS clinics, pharmacies

  Sept. 1, 2020

• Investment returns boost Cleveland Clinic into the black despite weak Q2 revenue

  Aug. 31, 2020

• COVID-19 insurance crisis may not be as drastic as initially feared: study

  Aug. 28, 2020

• Amazon launches wellness wearable, to compete with Fitbit and Apple Watch

  Aug. 27, 2020

• Investment losses, flagging volume push UPMC into the red in H1

  Aug. 27, 2020

• First platform in embattled VA-Cerner EHR project goes live

  Aug. 26, 2020

• Trump admin delays final rule easing anti-kickback regs until next August

  Aug. 26, 2020

• Brigham and Women's tops consumer hospital ranking poll by NRC Health

  Aug. 25, 2020

• Fitbit launches new smartwatch as EKG feature awaits FDA's OK

  Aug. 25, 2020

• Amwell files IPO with $100M boost from Google

  Aug. 25, 2020

• Many COVID-19 cost-sharing waivers set to expire by October: study

  Aug. 21, 2020

• Uber Health forays into prescription drug delivery

  Aug. 20, 2020

• Lyft claims NEMT program helps Medicaid beneficiary health access

  Aug. 19, 2020

• Threat of financial loss main barrier to value-based model adoption: exec poll

  Aug. 19, 2020

• Two-fifths of working-age adults lacked reliable insurance in first half of 2020, Commonwealth Fund says

  Aug. 19, 2020

• Teladoc-Livongo: Is the first digital health megadeal 'outrageous' or a starter gun for virtual care M&A?

  Aug. 6, 2020

• Virginia first state to fully deploy COVID-19 exposure notification app based on Apple-Google tech

  Aug. 6, 2020

• CVS profit soars to $3B on lower medical utilization

  Aug. 5, 2020

• CMS expands telehealth coverage in physician fee rule following Trump executive order

  Aug. 4, 2020

• Quarter of Medicare members can't access telehealth visits, JAMA studies show

  Aug. 3, 2020

• Allscripts stock surges on mixed Q2 results

  July 31, 2020

• SOC Telemed to be acquired by Healthcare Merger Corp. in blank check deal

  July 30, 2020

• COVID-19 spurs tripling in Teladoc visits to 2.8M, full-year outlook hiked again

  July 29, 2020

• Telehealth made up almost half of all Medicare beneficiaries' primary care use in April

  July 29, 2020

• Humana invests $100M in at-home primary care startup Heal

  July 29, 2020

• UHS posts $252M in income, helped by bailout funds, but withholds full-year guidance

  July 28, 2020

• CMS to begin recouping COVID-19 Medicare loans

  July 27, 2020

• After 6 months of darkness, primary care practices see little light ahead

  July 27, 2020

• 'Weeks where decades happen': Telehealth 6 months into COVID-19

  July 27, 2020

• Diving into telehealth: interviews with executives at Teladoc, Amwell and Doctor on Demand

  July 27, 2020

• Walmart to expand health centers to Florida next year

  July 22, 2020

• UnitedHealthcare gets lowest grades in Leapfrog poll, average plan gets C+

  July 22, 2020

• Direct primary care backers hope COVID-19 entices docs to alternate payment model

  July 21, 2020

• As Congress weighs next COVID-19 relief bill, 4 healthcare sticking points

  July 20, 2020

• Big hospital groups ramp up lobbying for additional relief funds with new polling

  July 17, 2020

• Appeals court upholds Trump admin's expansion of short-term health plans

  July 17, 2020

• UHS partners with home health giant Bayada on at-home services

  July 17, 2020

• UnitedHealth doubles profit in Q2 as MLR plummets to 70.2% amid pandemic

  July 15, 2020

• Amazon launches primary care centers for employees

  July 14, 2020

• Digital health funding shatters records with $6.3B in 1st half of 2020

  July 14, 2020

• UHS finalizes DOJ fraudulent billing case for $122M

  July 13, 2020

• As FCC taps out its coronavirus telehealth program, major nonprofits like Providence cash in

  July 9, 2020

• Walgreens invests $1B in primary care clinics with VillageMD deal

  July 8, 2020

• Here are doctors' offices, hospitals that got COVID-19 paycheck protection loans over $150K

  July 7, 2020

• New hospital rankings show 'elite' facilities struggle with health equity, inclusivity

  July 7, 2020

• Telehealth claim lines increased more than 8,335% in April: Fair Health

  July 6, 2020

• Teladoc closes InTouch acquisition to round out provider offerings

  July 1, 2020

• CVS reportedly creating group purchasing organization for PBM business

  July 1, 2020

• Oklahoma votes to expand Medicaid as COVID-19 surges in state

  July 1, 2020

• DOJ charges execs, others with elaborate $1.4B billing scheme using rural hospitals

  June 30, 2020

• CMS wants to make home health telemedicine permanent

  June 26, 2020

• North Carolina BCBS seeks to keep primary care practices afloat, nudge to value-based care

  June 25, 2020

• Short-term 'junk' plans widely discriminate against those with pre-existing conditions, House probe finds

  June 25, 2020

• CommonSpirit doubles down on primary care with new direct-to-employer partnership

  June 25, 2020

• Fauci: Trump never asked to slow down testing, 'cautiously optimistic' about vaccine by 2021

  June 24, 2020

• CVS launches return-to-work service, including in-house COVID-19 testing option

  June 24, 2020

• Hospital group CEOs pitch more federal aid, looser Medicare loan terms

  June 23, 2020

• Trump admin sitting on $14B for testing, tracing, Democratic senators say

  June 22, 2020

• Virtual care at a virtual conference: Telehealth will remain post-pandemic, experts say at AHIP

  June 19, 2020

• Recovery of medical staffing firms will lag behind hospitals, analysts say

  June 19, 2020

• Senators back sustaining telehealth momentum post pandemic

  June 18, 2020

• Walmart buys medication management tech from startup CareZone

  June 16, 2020

• Hit with surprise COVID-19 test bill, lawmaker pushes Trump admin for guardrails to hold patients harmless

  June 15, 2020

• 1 in 4 workers at high risk for serious COVID-19 illness as states reopen despite surges

  June 15, 2020

• FCC surpasses $100M in CARES telehealth funding approvals as House seeks more oversight

  June 11, 2020

• Professional services revenue plunged nearly 50% in April as pandemic worsened

  June 10, 2020

• Amwell files for IPO — report

  June 5, 2020

• Months into pandemic, Trump admin mandates labs report demographic data of COVID-19 tests

  June 4, 2020

• Cerner sells troubled revenue cycle management arm for $30M

  June 4, 2020

• $250B of all healthcare spend could be digitized, McKinsey estimates

  June 4, 2020

• Pandemic causes expected wearable shipments to plummet by 27M this year

  June 4, 2020

• Governors plead for Trump admin to streamline testing supply distribution

  June 3, 2020

• Pandemic highlights need for unique patient identifier, industry tells ONC

  June 2, 2020

• Citing lack of funding, Oklahoma withdraws planned July 1 Medicaid expansion

  June 1, 2020

• Pathologists most frequent surprise billing offenders, HCCI finds

  May 28, 2020

• Medicare members using telehealth grew 120 times in early weeks of COVID-19 as regulations eased

  May 27, 2020

• Pandemic response complicated by public health agencies' inability to receive data from hospitals

  May 27, 2020

• Over 1,750 Part D, MA plans applied for new CMS insulin model

  May 26, 2020

• Ascension reports loss of $2.7B in Q1

  May 26, 2020

• Omada Health snaps up physical therapy startup Physera for $30M

  May 21, 2020

• Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing software released

  May 20, 2020

• Despite $33M in approvals, FCC has sent just 1 provider CARES telehealth funds

  May 20, 2020

• Microsoft launches 1st industry-specific offering in healthcare

  May 20, 2020

• Cigna jumps 52 spots on Fortune 500 off Express Scripts buy

  May 19, 2020

• States brace for 'nearly certain' Medicaid budget shortfalls amid COVID-19

  May 18, 2020

• UnitedHealth, Microsoft launch COVID-19 screening app for employers

  May 15, 2020

• ACOs ask Trump admin for more help to cope with coronavirus

  May 15, 2020

• Doctor on Demand 1st telehealth vendor to move into Medicare Part B as pandemic expands virtual care

  May 14, 2020

• Front-line COVID-19 responders in middle of pack on pay

  May 14, 2020

• 27M Americans may have lost job-based health insurance due to COVID-19 downturn

  May 13, 2020

• Pushback against transparency, patient data plans in ONC's roadmap

  May 12, 2020

• As Trump pushes states to reopen, Fauci warns against lifting COVID-19 restrictions too soon

  May 12, 2020

• Kaiser reports $1.1B net loss in Q1 due to stock market slide

  May 11, 2020

• Bookings a bright spot for Allscripts, despite earnings and revenue miss

  May 7, 2020

• Trump reiterates support to kill ACA — despite pandemic — as House, states file briefs with SCOTUS

  May 6, 2020

• CVS profit rockets up 41%, but warns April COVID-19 hit could persist

  May 6, 2020

• Paying private insurers Medicare rates would tank hospital revenue by 35%, study finds

  May 5, 2020

• 7 states team up to buy $5B in medical equipment, supplies for COVID-19

  May 4, 2020

• Teladoc hikes 2020 guidance after seeing visits double in Q1

  April 30, 2020

• Telehealth startup 98point6 grows membership 16% with 4 major employer deals

  April 30, 2020

• Q&A with Cerner's chief client and services officer on the vendor's Q1, COVID-19

  April 30, 2020

• Cerner bookings drag down top line, guidance cut due to COVID-19

  April 29, 2020

• 5 key pillars of Biden's healthcare plan

  April 28, 2020

• Reimbursement portal opens for providers that test, treat uninsured COVID-19 patients

  April 28, 2020

• CMS hits pause on speeding Medicare payments to docs as COVID-19 funding reaches $175B

  April 27, 2020

• Community oncology practices turn to mergers, private equity to avoid hospital acquisition

  April 24, 2020

• Digital contact tracing needs consumer buy-in, but privacy fears could hamstring efforts

  April 23, 2020

• Medicare still expected to grow to 6% of GDP by 2026, but COVID-19 could speed insolvency

  April 22, 2020

• Trump admin delays interoperability deadlines amid COVID-19

  April 21, 2020

• Google opens up healthcare API to fight COVID-19

  April 21, 2020

• Oklahoma 1st to seek waiver to block grant Medicaid, despite pandemic

  April 21, 2020

• HCA profit down 45% amid COVID-19 volume depression

  April 21, 2020

• 1/5 of primary care practices could close within next month as US mulls reopening economy

  April 20, 2020

• FCC releases 1st round of CARES funds for coronavirus telehealth response

  April 17, 2020

• Public health agencies, commercial labs warn patchy IT infrastructure hobbling COVID-19 response

  April 17, 2020

• CDC to launch clinical reporting app for COVID-19 in May

  April 16, 2020

• Coronavirus drives surge in Teladoc virtual medical visits

  April 15, 2020

• Could coronavirus derail the decades-long shift to value-based care?

  April 15, 2020

• Gottlieb, other ex-HHS officials pitch national COVID-19 surveillance plan

  April 8, 2020

• ONC benchmarks $2.5M for projects promoting interoperability

  April 8, 2020

• $30B in CARES funding to be distributed to hospitals this week, Verma says

  April 8, 2020

• Digital health rakes in record $3.1B in Q1, but COVID-19 slump could loom

  April 7, 2020

• VA pauses Cerner EHR implementation — again — amid COVID-19

  April 6, 2020

• Utah pauses Medicaid work requirements amid COVID-19

  April 3, 2020

• Health jobs plummeted in March despite rising need for healthcare workers

  April 3, 2020

• AHA wants private payers to do more to help hospitals fight COVID-19. Payers say they've done a lot already

  April 2, 2020

• Telehealth, retail clinic use increasing in pivot toward lower-priced medical delivery sites

  March 31, 2020

• Trump administration expedites Medicare payments to providers amid coronavirus

  March 30, 2020

• 'What about us?': Frontline primary care practices fear for survival amid coronavirus

  March 26, 2020

• Coronavirus could hike premiums by double digits next year

  March 25, 2020

• Kaiser Permanente shelves $900M headquarters build

  March 25, 2020

• Nearly 2 dozen states now have Medicaid waivers for coronavirus response

  March 24, 2020

• Telehealth vendors scramble to hire doctors as patient volume soars amid COVID-19

  March 20, 2020

• Direct-to-consumer companies wade into coronavirus testing to fill gap

  March 20, 2020

• Hard-hit Washington state gets CMS green light for Medicaid coronavirus waiver

  March 20, 2020

• Telehealth payment parity in Medicare welcome, but some vendors say it should have come sooner

  March 19, 2020

• HHS considers rolling back interoperability timeline amid COVID-19

  March 18, 2020

• Medicare will now cover telehealth to fight coronavirus

  March 17, 2020

• Disease management firms set to capitalize on Trump admin interoperability push

  March 17, 2020

• Trump administration approves 1st Medicaid waiver to combat coronavirus

  March 17, 2020

• Q&A: ONC chief Don Rucker's thoughts on the final information blocking rule

  March 13, 2020

• Controversial EHR mandate in interoperability rule could threaten hospital Medicare reimbursement

  March 12, 2020

• CVS adds 5 digital health programs for PBM clients

  March 12, 2020

• California accuses healthcare sharing ministry of misleading consumers

  March 11, 2020

• Payers, providers say interoperability rules threaten patient privacy

  March 10, 2020

• Cerner calls interoperability timeline doable. Others aren't so sure

  March 10, 2020

• Long-awaited interoperability rules finalized by Trump admin, prompt industry ire

  March 9, 2020

• HIMSS20 canceled over coronavirus concerns

  March 5, 2020

• HIMSS20 has been canceled. Here are 5 panels we're sad to miss

  March 5, 2020

• Uber Health targets provider pain points with revamped platform

  March 4, 2020

• Payer stocks rebound as Super Tuesday results quell M4A fears

  March 4, 2020

• Amazon's Alexa can now answer simple queries about drugs

  March 3, 2020

• Allscripts eyes margin improvement following $182M loss in 2019

  March 3, 2020

• UPMC topline soars on Highmark truce

  March 2, 2020

• Trump to attend HIMSS20 as organizers prep for coronavirus

  March 2, 2020

• FTC to block Philadelphia area health system merger in 1st big hospital challenge in 3 years

  Feb. 27, 2020

• 'Feeding the flywheel': Teladoc sees opportunity in coronavirus

  Feb. 27, 2020

• Cleveland Clinic's 2019 topline jumps on record patient visits

  Feb. 27, 2020

• Corporate watchdog pegs Centene, CVS CEOs as among most overpaid

  Feb. 26, 2020

• AI clinical documentation player Nuance preps for nationwide expansion

  Feb. 25, 2020

• Tenet closes out 2019 at $243M loss

  Feb. 25, 2020

• HHS issues advice to lower EHR burden as industry awaits interoperability rules

  Feb. 24, 2020

• Provider earnings snapshot: A focus on volume growth

  Feb. 24, 2020

• Choice grows in ACA exchanges, report finds, as Supreme Court mulls effort to kill law

  Feb. 21, 2020

• Opaque pricing, data silos still mar interoperability progress, HITAC says

  Feb. 20, 2020

• CVS swings to $6.6B profit in 2019, buoyed by Aetna

  Feb. 12, 2020

• As SDOH efforts take off, payers try to carve out their role

  Feb. 12, 2020

• Azar touts 2019 greatest hits, glosses over setbacks in state of HHS speech

  Feb. 7, 2020

• Rival surprise billing efforts jockey for attention in election year

  Feb. 7, 2020

• VA facility claimed as 'world's 1st' 5G-enabled hospital

  Feb. 6, 2020

• Cerner teases M&A, divestitures, touts backing for interoperability rules

  Feb. 4, 2020

• The Trump administration is offering Medicaid block grants. Which states will say yes?

  Jan. 30, 2020

• Trump admin to allow Medicaid caps, but legal fight likely as providers protest

  Jan. 30, 2020

• Privacy versus access debate rages on, rekindled by Epic lobbying

  Jan. 29, 2020

• Lyft snags another major health system partner in CommonSpirit

  Jan. 29, 2020

• Backing for unique patient identifier picks up steam at ONC conference

  Jan. 28, 2020

• Providers won't be financially liable for info blocking in final ONC rule, due any day

  Jan. 28, 2020

• Patient use of digital tools, 3rd-party apps to access health records rises in 2019

  Jan. 27, 2020

• Impeachment trial, election won't dampen health investment, Fitch says

  Jan. 24, 2020

• Surescripts loses motion to dismiss FTC antitrust case

  Jan. 23, 2020

• Health AI startups netted a record $4B in funding last year

  Jan. 23, 2020

• New conservative faction to lobby against benchmark surprise billing fix

  Jan. 22, 2020

• Quest acquires Helsinki-based Blueprint Genetics to expand reach

  Jan. 22, 2020

• Uber Health plans to double in size this year

  Jan. 21, 2020

• Tenet names ex-Oracle exec CEO of struggling Conifer unit

  Jan. 21, 2020

• MedPAC finds 340B effect on pricing 'modest,' going against pharma critique

  Jan. 17, 2020

• CVS, Cigna execs tell JPM20 they're ready for a contentious election year

  Jan. 15, 2020

• Trump admin releases 5-year health IT roadmap as industry waits for interoperability update

  Jan. 15, 2020

• UnitedHealth reports nearly $14B in 2019 profit

  Jan. 15, 2020

• Will more employers get off the healthcare bench in 2020?

  Jan. 14, 2020

• Cigna links up with upstart Oscar for small business health insurance

  Jan. 14, 2020

• Teladoc acquires provider telehealth company InTouch for $600M

  Jan. 13, 2020

• The government recovered $3B in fraud last year. Nearly 90% was from healthcare

  Jan. 10, 2020

• CVS, Mayo, Tenet among healthcare companies to watch at #JPM20

  Jan. 10, 2020

• Alphabet snaps up 2nd ex-ONC head for life sciences team

  Jan. 9, 2020

• Insurance startup Bright Health eyes California with 1st payer acquisition

  Jan. 9, 2020

• DOJ joins whistleblower suit against Indiana system for alleged Stark violation

  Jan. 8, 2020

• Ex-Anthem exec Brad Smith appointed head of CMS innovation center

  Jan. 7, 2020

• Google AI tool bests clinicians in breast cancer detection study

  Jan. 2, 2020

• Despite provider claims, hospital M&A not associated with improved care, NEJM finds

  Jan. 2, 2020

• MA value-based plan enrollment tripling for 2020

  Dec. 20, 2019

• With ACA ruling, payers get unexpected short-term reprieve

  Dec. 19, 2019

• Providers push back on PhRMA report highlighting 340B program costs

  Dec. 18, 2019

• CVS long-term care pharmacy sued by DOJ over fraudulent prescribing practices

  Dec. 17, 2019

• CMS wants to overhaul how organs are procured in the US

  Dec. 17, 2019

• Humana to acquire hospice pharmacy, PBM Enclara

  Dec. 16, 2019

• Amid legal roadblocks, CMS clears South Carolina Medicaid work mandates

  Dec. 12, 2019

• Digital assistant Notable nets large system deal with CommonSpirit

  Dec. 12, 2019

• CVS launches precision medicine program for oncology

  Dec. 12, 2019

• Amazon's PillPack inks 1st digital pact with payer in BCBS Massachusetts

  Dec. 11, 2019

• Kaiser interim chief Greg Adams named full-time CEO

  Dec. 11, 2019

• Nonprofit hospitals get bump in Moody's ratings for 2020

  Dec. 10, 2019

• UnitedHealth to acquire embattled specialty pharmacy Diplomat for $300M

  Dec. 9, 2019

• Executive of the Year: Larry Merlo, CVS Health

  Dec. 9, 2019

• Health IT Company of the Year: Surescripts

  Dec. 9, 2019

• More than 1K employers push Senate to repeal ACA Cadillac tax

  Dec. 6, 2019

• Kaiser mental health worker strike back on, with potential hit to 100 clinics

  Dec. 5, 2019

• Disparities between care in rural, urban areas getting worse

  Dec. 4, 2019

• Troubled Quorum Health mulls going private with PE firm KKR

  Dec. 3, 2019

• Amazon's new medical transcription service bolsters voice-to-text bid

  Dec. 2, 2019

• CommonSpirit growing pains lead to quadrupled operating loss in 1st quarter

  Nov. 19, 2019

• IT execs call for HIPAA overhaul in 'Project Nightingale' wake

  Nov. 18, 2019

• Doctors give their EHRs an F for usability

  Nov. 14, 2019

• CMS pitches ramped up oversight of Medicaid payments, promises block grant guidance

  Nov. 12, 2019

• Google's 'Project Nightingale' prompts HHS investigation

  Nov. 11, 2019

• Hospital M&A spurs rising healthcare costs, MedPAC finds

  Nov. 7, 2019

• American Well to buy Aligned Telehealth in behavioral bet

  Nov. 7, 2019

• Retail makes its case, telehealth and voice tech dominate: 6 takeaways from HLTH19

  Nov. 6, 2019

• CVS profit up 10% thanks to Aetna; warns Q4 won't be as rosy

  Nov. 6, 2019

• Haven partners with traditional payers in plans offered to Amazon, JPM workers

  Nov. 5, 2019

• Execs flirt with 'Medicare for All' at HLTH19, despite Trump admin warnings

  Nov. 4, 2019

• HLTH19: Telehealth seeks to move beyond flu, but stymied by regulations

  Nov. 1, 2019

• CMMI head predicts industry will be 'very happy' with his replacement

  Oct. 30, 2019

• AI voice tech startup Suki partners with Google Cloud

  Oct. 30, 2019

• Google eyes AI to cut hospital red tape, move providers beyond 'data clerks'

  Oct. 29, 2019

• Kaiser Permanente rolls out food insecurity initiative in California

  Oct. 29, 2019

• Facebook launches preventive care tool in tandem with healthcare groups

  Oct. 28, 2019

• Uber lands EHR deal with Cerner

  Oct. 28, 2019

• CMS chief Verma teases more Medicaid deregulation

  Oct. 28, 2019

• Mastercard launches new healthcare unit on billing, data security

  Oct. 27, 2019

• 7 can't-miss panels at HLTH19

  Oct. 24, 2019

• Cerner reports mixed Q3 earnings amid 'eventful' quarter

  Oct. 24, 2019

• Amazon acquires digital health startup, 1 year post-Pillpack

  Oct. 24, 2019

• 5 insights from a chat with Larry Merlo, CEO of CVS Health

  Oct. 23, 2019

• Verma dodges on backup plan if ACA is struck down

  Oct. 23, 2019

• Surescripts CEO on monopoly accusations, private sector's role in interoperability

  Oct. 21, 2019

• Humana, Microsoft ink 7-year deal for cloud services

  Oct. 21, 2019

• Google nabs ex-Obama official DeSalvo for new chief health role

  Oct. 18, 2019

• Microsoft lands new partner in race to reliable speech-to-text, EHR documentation

  Oct. 17, 2019

• Health IT advisory group targets price transparency, data security with eye toward 2020

  Oct. 17, 2019

• Boston named top US hospital city, Raleigh dead last

  Oct. 16, 2019

• UnitedHealth boasts $60B revenue in Q3, buoyed by Optum

  Oct. 15, 2019

• Amazon Textract now HIPAA-eligible as tech giant expands AI portfolio

  Oct. 11, 2019

• UnitedHealth doubles down on telemedicine with app in employer-sponsored plans

  Oct. 10, 2019

• Confidence, investment in AI remains high, Optum says

  Oct. 9, 2019

• Colorado's public option plan cuts provider rates to lower premiums

  Oct. 9, 2019

• Startup Devoted says it's 1st MA plan to offer Apple Watch

  Oct. 8, 2019

• Radiologists call for ethics guidelines on AI

  Oct. 3, 2019

• Walmart pilot will steer employees to local, high-quality docs

  Oct. 3, 2019

• Seniors curious but cautious on virtual care

  Oct. 2, 2019

• Alphabet hires ex-FDA commissioner to lead health strategy, policy

  Oct. 1, 2019

• Disruption or integration? Fitbit's health leader discusses the role of wearables in healthcare

  Oct. 1, 2019

• 'A radical experiment': Payers, providers renew attacks on price transparency proposal

  Sept. 30, 2019

• More than 70% of hospital data breaches include sensitive info

  Sept. 26, 2019

• Walmart's Sam's Club teams with Humana in worker discount program

  Sept. 26, 2019

• Amazon launches virtual medical clinic for Seattle employees

  Sept. 25, 2019

• AI just as effective as clinicians in diagnostics, study suggests

  Sept. 25, 2019

• Kaiser strike called off as company, unions reach tentative agreement

  Sept. 24, 2019

• Judge dismisses Oscar antitrust lawsuit against Florida BCBS

  Sept. 23, 2019

• Intel's David Ryan on the past and future of AI in healthcare

  Sept. 20, 2019

• New provider coalition airs interoperability concerns at health IT advisory committee meeting

  Sept. 17, 2019

• Critics skewer fine print in mandatory kidney care model

  Sept. 17, 2019

• Colorado union votes to strike at Kaiser, bringing 'yes' votes nationwide to 42K

  Sept. 13, 2019

• Patient use of digital health tools lags behind hype, poll finds

  Sept. 12, 2019

• Employers urged to get off sidelines to trim healthcare costs

  Sept. 11, 2019

• Mayo Clinic, Google announce 10-year cloud data partnership

  Sept. 11, 2019

• Uninsured rate rises for 1st time since ACA

  Sept. 10, 2019

• CHS hospital fined $85K in first HIPAA right of access case

  Sept. 9, 2019

• Kaiser to reveal detailed financials under newly signed California bill

  Sept. 6, 2019

• UnitedHealth to link Optum's analytics, provider subsidiaries

  Sept. 5, 2019

• ONC selects nonprofit Sequoia Project to coordinate TEFCA

  Sept. 5, 2019

• Citing transparency, PBM startup Capital Rx introduces novel pricing model

  Sept. 4, 2019

• Patients seem willing, but few taking part in telehealth, poll finds

  Aug. 29, 2019

• Fitbit to wade into care management in pilot this year

  Aug. 28, 2019

• CMS updates Medicare Plan Finder following stakeholder pressure

  Aug. 27, 2019

• Mayo Clinic profits almost triple in the quarter to $500M

  Aug. 26, 2019

• Advocate Aurora posts bump in expenses tied to early retirement incentives

  Aug. 23, 2019

• Q&A: ONC chief Don Rucker on bringing the app economy into healthcare

  Aug. 22, 2019

• Big 5 payers grow MA market share in August

  Aug. 22, 2019

• ONC in talks with Congress, White House on third-party health app privacy

  Aug. 21, 2019

• Consumers like their pharmacies, but CVS trails rivals in survey

  Aug. 20, 2019

• Big health plans pledge to look beyond shareholders. Critics aren't so sure

  Aug. 19, 2019

• CMS to update hospital star ratings early next year despite blowback

  Aug. 19, 2019

• $190 or $47,779? Colorado emergency charges vary wildly across state

  Aug. 19, 2019

• CMS chief unable to provide details on Trump healthcare plan

  Aug. 16, 2019

• CMS says it wants to cut paperwork. Providers have ideas.

  Aug. 13, 2019

• North Carolina folds to provider pressure with insurance plan shifting away from set rates

  Aug. 9, 2019

• Allscripts reaches $145M settlement with DOJ over subsidiary business practices

  Aug. 9, 2019

• Apple, Eli Lilly research whether devices can detect dementia signs

  Aug. 8, 2019

• CVS handily beats estimates, hikes 2019 forecast

  Aug. 7, 2019

• CHS posts bigger Q2 net loss, but still beats Wall Street forecasts

  Aug. 6, 2019

• Data breaches in 2019 already double all of last year

  Aug. 2, 2019

• Still not profitable, but Teladoc reports healthy Q2 membership, visit growth

  Aug. 1, 2019

• Amazon, Cerner team up on AI, machine learning

  July 31, 2019

• Problems with Medicare Plan Finder to spur CMS revamp

  July 31, 2019

• HCA falls short in Q2, unconcerned on CMS price transparency push

  July 30, 2019

• CMS will no longer approve full federal funding for partial Medicaid expansion

  July 29, 2019

• Cerner misses Q2 mark on revenue, net earnings down

  July 24, 2019

• As HHS muses more MA flexibility, payers see roadblocks to nonmedical benefits

  July 24, 2019

• CMS' Verma blasts 'Medicare for All,' public option in rhetoric ramp up

  July 23, 2019

• CVS to test knee replacement program for Aetna beneficiaries

  July 23, 2019

• Judge upholds short-term plan expansion in Trump win against ACA

  July 19, 2019

• UnitedHealth Q2 revenue growth fueled by Medicare, Optum

  July 18, 2019

• Provider M&A revenue volume at highest levels since 2017

  July 18, 2019

• Spending on primary care paltry, but some states ramping up

  July 17, 2019

• Surprise billing fight escalates as providers win arbitration add to House bill

  July 17, 2019

• Uptake remains low, but doctors of all ages interested in telemedicine

  July 16, 2019

• CMS proposes Medicare cover acupuncture for patients in approved studies

  July 16, 2019

• CMS to delay star ratings update pending expert panel review

  July 12, 2019

• Health IT committee addresses some, but not all industry concerns with TEFCA

  July 12, 2019

• Female health CIOs defy trend, earn more than men, survey finds

  July 11, 2019

• Trump executive order seeks to overhaul US kidney care

  July 10, 2019

• Amazon momentum in medical supply chain slows, poll finds

  July 9, 2019

• Healthcare Dive's 10 biggest stories of the spring

  July 8, 2019

• ACOs may need stronger financial incentives, like downside risk, to succeed

  July 3, 2019

• Could NEMT's pivot to the commercial sector be a wrong turn?

  July 2, 2019

• Sanford, UnityPoint ink letter of intent to create $11B system

  June 28, 2019

• CMS clears Louisiana Medicaid 'Netflix model' for hep C drugs

  June 26, 2019

• UPMC, Highmark ink 10-year contract after years of fighting

  June 25, 2019

• Surprise billing fixes would ding hospitals, staffing companies, Moody's says

  June 21, 2019

• Industry interoperability concerns plague TEFCA draft

  June 20, 2019

• Geisinger cements interim chief exec Jaewon Ryu as CEO

  June 20, 2019

• Health execs overconfident on data privacy, industry poll finds

  June 18, 2019

• Civica Rx contracts with Vizient to anticipate drug price, availability

  June 18, 2019

• Senators differ on best approach to ban surprise billing

  June 18, 2019

• House votes to overturn decades-old ban on national patient identifier

  June 14, 2019

• American Well, Cisco partner on in-home telehealth option for Medicare Advantage patients

  June 14, 2019

• CMS warned Trump policies would hike taxes, cause ACA disruption, internal memo says

  June 14, 2019

• Uber to provide patient transport for care coordination company Carisk

  June 13, 2019

• Florida health insurer sued over skimpy plans

  June 13, 2019

• Congress warns industry to hurry on surprise billing fix

  June 12, 2019

• TEFCA task force debates incentives for industry adoption

  June 11, 2019

• Humana integrating real-time benefit check into Epic EHRs

  June 11, 2019

• Quest, LabCorp breach stirs questions of cybersecurity risk from outside vendors

  June 10, 2019

• Healthcare employment edges up, though tepid overall

  June 10, 2019

• Medicare beneficiaries prefer traditional over MA in 1st eligible year

  June 7, 2019

• Healthcare better for women than other industries, but C-suite rep lags

  June 6, 2019

• Partners withdraws from Care New England acquisition

  June 5, 2019

• Industry cheers spirit but not fine print in HHS interoperability rules

  June 4, 2019

• CVS to open 1.5K HealthHUB stores in next 2 years

  June 4, 2019

• Utah wants capped Medicaid enrollment, spending

  June 3, 2019

• ONC exploring ways to streamline electronic prior authorization

  June 3, 2019

• Heightened drug price scrutiny not likely to hurt insurers much, Fitch says

  May 31, 2019

• Provider groups slam rate setting in House surprise billing draft legislation

  May 30, 2019

• More than 60% of consumers interested in data-for-rewards programs

  May 30, 2019

• UCSF ends proposed affiliation with Dignity over LGBTQ, reproductive rights

  May 29, 2019

• Physician burnout costs industry $4.6B annually

  May 28, 2019

• CMS home-based primary care model yields mixed results

  May 24, 2019

• ONC advisory committee finalizes interoperability rule recommendations

  May 23, 2019

• Dual eligible MA beneficiaries receive better care at lower costs than FFS

  May 22, 2019

• MA beneficiaries disproportionately affected by social determinants of health

  May 22, 2019

• Private payers cover more than 40% of drug costs

  May 21, 2019

• Express Scripts plans formulary for apps, medical devices

  May 17, 2019

• Provider demand for accurate patient matching is high, Pew says

  May 16, 2019

• Nonprofit hospitals on solid footing to handle outside disruption, S&P says

  May 15, 2019

• HITAC recommends leveraging demographic data to help patient matching

  May 14, 2019

• Payers not entitled to $12B in risk corridors payments, DOJ says

  May 10, 2019

• Hospital CEO turnover down 35% from last year

  May 9, 2019

• Aetna launches app for Apple Watch

  May 8, 2019

• ACOs less likely to leave Medicare program after 3rd year

  May 8, 2019

• Payers had best individual market performance in 2018 since ACA began

  May 8, 2019

• HHS officials defend interoperability rules to Senate critics

  May 7, 2019

• Seniors switching to MA already have lower costs than traditional Medicare beneficiaries

  May 7, 2019

• CVS exec: 'We don't discount Amazon'

  May 3, 2019

• CMS seeks comments on state workarounds to ACA requirements

  May 2, 2019

• Civica Rx CEO predicts 'stampede' if Amazon's Haven succeeds

  April 30, 2019

• HHS curbs fines for HIPAA violations

  April 29, 2019

• Cerner hits Q1 expectations despite bookings drop

  April 26, 2019

• 'Meet PillPack': Amazon rolls out Rx delivery direct marketing

  April 24, 2019

• Health system M&A recedes slightly in first quarter of 2019

  April 24, 2019

• Half of middle-income seniors won't be able to afford healthcare, housing in a decade

  April 24, 2019

• Medicare spending to snowball to 6% of GDP in next 2 decades, trustees predict

  April 23, 2019

• HHS drops 2nd TEFCA iteration, extends interoperability rules comment period

  April 22, 2019

• Humana rolls out oncology payment model

  April 17, 2019

• Hospital M&A hits lowest point in nearly a decade

  April 17, 2019

• Texas Blue, Sanitas USA to open 10 primary care clinics in Dallas, Houston

  April 10, 2019

• UnitedHealthcare expands MA bundled payment plan offerings for 2020

  April 10, 2019

• Walgreens bringing primary care docs to Houston stores with VillageMD partnership

  April 10, 2019

• Healthcare administrative costs will tally nearly $500B this year

  April 9, 2019

• MedPAC wants to redesign MA quality bonus program

  April 5, 2019

• New York, Connecticut health systems merge to form $2.4B provider

  April 4, 2019

• CMS approves Maine's long-awaited Medicaid expansion

  April 4, 2019

• Americans' healthcare paradox: 'angst' on costs, overconfidence on quality

  April 3, 2019

• HHS publishes 340B drug ceiling prices in concession to hospital lobby

  April 2, 2019

• Wyden floats adding prescription drug comparison tool to EHRs

  March 28, 2019

• Industry urges slower pace on HHS interoperability rules

  March 27, 2019

• Scale: blessing or burden for statewide ACOs?

  March 27, 2019

• As 5G looms, most hospitals watch from the sidelines

  March 21, 2019

• Specialty drug costs skyrocketed to $32.8B in Medicare Part D in 2015

  March 20, 2019

• Electronic prior authorization merits wider adoption, health IT, payer groups say

  March 20, 2019

• Short-term plans, Medicaid waivers, MA benefits dominate AHIP conferences

  March 18, 2019

• Cambia, BCBS of North Carolina link to form $16B insurer

  March 13, 2019

• House panel to launch investigation into short-term 'junk' plans

  March 13, 2019

• HHS hints at cutting 'onerous' substance abuse record rules

  March 13, 2019

• Trump admin proposes massive cuts to Medicaid, Medicare

  March 12, 2019

• Trump admin floats publicizing provider-payer negotiated rates

  March 7, 2019

• Amazon-JPM-Berkshire Hathaway troika has a name: Haven

  March 6, 2019

• US kidney care getting revamp, HHS officials say

  March 4, 2019

• MassBio gives report card on state's digital chops

  Feb. 28, 2019

• CMS updates hospital star ratings for the first time since 2017

  Feb. 28, 2019

• Amazon's senior leader of healthcare and AI talks disruption, Amazon Web Services

  Feb. 25, 2019

• Physician burnout down from 2014 peak, report finds

  Feb. 22, 2019

• US healthcare spending growth to hit 5.5% by 2027, CMS predicts

  Feb. 20, 2019

• Google Cloud's head of healthcare on data silos, cybersecurity and APIs in the age of the cloud

  Feb. 20, 2019

• HIMSS19: Lyft looks at nutrition amid population health focus

  Feb. 15, 2019

• 4 main takeaways from HIMSS19

  Feb. 15, 2019

• Allscripts CEO on interoperability, Lyft and social determinants of health

  Feb. 15, 2019

• HIMSS19: CMS innovation center could jumpstart interoperability models

  Feb. 14, 2019

• HIMSS19: CMS plans to host AI challenge, innovation chief says

  Feb. 14, 2019

• HIMSS19: Private sector catch-up, patient matching and standard APIs dominate first full day

  Feb. 13, 2019

• HIMSS19: New API coming for Medicare ACOs

  Feb. 13, 2019

• HIMSS19: CVS, Cigna execs tout pharmacies amid pricing debate

  Feb. 13, 2019

• Data blocking, standard APIs targeted in long-awaited EHR rules

  Feb. 11, 2019

• Digital health must catch up to years of hype in 2019, HIMSS says

  Jan. 30, 2019

• HIMSS19: 5 panels you don't want to miss

  Jan. 28, 2019

• Financial worries keep hospital CEOs up at night

  Jan. 28, 2019

• Medicaid advisory panel calls for phasing in DSH allotment reductions

  Jan. 25, 2019

• Downside risk spurs provider exodus in bundled payment models, GAO says

  Jan. 23, 2019

• CMS pitches new MA and Part D voluntary payment models

  Jan. 18, 2019

• HCA's $1.5B buy of Mission gets North Carolina AG nod

  Jan. 17, 2019

• Traditional players focused on value-based care, interoperability to drive innovation, experts argue

  Jan. 16, 2019

• Hospital drug spend spiked 19% from 2015-17, coalition says

  Jan. 16, 2019

• Democrats riding in on blue wave seek more liberal state, local health policies

  Jan. 15, 2019

• Walmart exits CVS pharmacy benefit network over pricing dispute

  Jan. 15, 2019

• Dems seek answers from Trump admin on CMMI, ACA

  Jan. 11, 2019

• How AI could shape the health tech landscape in 2019

  Jan. 10, 2019

• Women make up only 13% of healthcare CEOs

  Jan. 8, 2019

• Final ACA federal enrollment tally drops due to cancellations

  Jan. 4, 2019

• Policy upheaval, tech giant disruption and megamergers: Healthcare Dive's 10 best stories of 2018

  Dec. 21, 2018

• Information blocking rule blows past deadline

  Dec. 18, 2018

• Federal judge suggests CVS-Aetna be monitored by outside appointee

  Dec. 18, 2018

• What to expect after whirlwind ACA ruling

  Dec. 17, 2018

• 4.2M Americans eligible for free ACA coverage, KFF says

  Dec. 12, 2018

• Lawmakers impatient for ONC interoperability rule

  Dec. 11, 2018

• Envision, UnitedHealthcare settle fierce nationwide contract squabble

  Dec. 11, 2018

• MedPAC pitches 2% boost in hospital Medicare payments, merged quality incentive program

  Dec. 7, 2018

• Telehealth for substance abuse growing quickly, but lags behind mental health usage

  Dec. 6, 2018

• Trump's deregulatory health agenda chided at conservative forum

  Dec. 5, 2018

• Status of Ascension-owned DC hospital ER up in air

  Dec. 5, 2018

• Hire of the Year: Adam Boehler, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

  Dec. 3, 2018

• Telemedicine use among commercially insured skyrocketed since 2005

  Nov. 29, 2018

• CVS-Aetna megamerger finalized

  Nov. 28, 2018

• Almost 70% of voters support protection for pre-existing conditions

  Nov. 28, 2018

• Filming the opioid epidemic: 5 must-see documentaries

  Nov. 27, 2018

• ECRI launches clinical guidelines site to replace resource HHS shuttered

  Nov. 21, 2018

• Consumerism (and Amazon) loom over #USNHoT

  Nov. 20, 2018

• CVS-Aetna merger cleared by California's insurance regulator

  Nov. 15, 2018

• 'Stay tuned,' says Azar: CMMI to take a closer look at social determinants of health

  Nov. 14, 2018

• Over 4.4M patient records breached in Q3, report finds

  Nov. 12, 2018

• HHS teases mandatory bundled models in about-face

  Nov. 9, 2018

• Red states say 'yes' to Medicaid

  Nov. 7, 2018

• CVS says Aetna merger will close by Thanksgiving

  Nov. 6, 2018

• 9 state healthcare battles to watch Tuesday

  Nov. 2, 2018

• Morgan Stanley hires first CMO to combat rising healthcare costs

  Nov. 1, 2018

• CHS sees massive Q3 net loss amid weak volume, aftershocks of HMA settlement

  Oct. 30, 2018

• LifePoint beats Q3 expectations as RCCH merger looms

  Oct. 29, 2018

• Risky business: 5 provider strategies to take on downside risk

  Oct. 24, 2018

• APM adoption up to 34%, but downside risk slow to catch on

  Oct. 23, 2018

• UnitedHealth to launch 'fully integrated' EHR next year

  Oct. 18, 2018

• Insurers see broad market opportunities with end-of-life care

  Oct. 17, 2018

• CVS CEO unfazed by Amazon, focused on closing merger, growth

  Oct. 16, 2018

• Anthem shells out $16M in largest ever HIPAA fine

  Oct. 16, 2018

• National Academy of Medicine argues barriers to interoperability are organizational, not technical

  Oct. 15, 2018

• Arkansas Medicaid work requirements beset by challenges, report finds

  Oct. 10, 2018

• Wisconsin shelled out $1.1B for uncompensated care in FY17

  Oct. 9, 2018

• Patient-matching tools viable but nowhere near perfect, Pew says

  Oct. 2, 2018

• CMS launches online Medicare open enrollment initiative

  Oct. 2, 2018

• Opioid interventions can curb overprescribing, boost MAT access, JAMA studies show

  Sept. 28, 2018

• For-profit hospitals show higher rates of readmission

  Sept. 20, 2018

• AHA, on defense, pitches 340B 'stewardship'

  Sept. 19, 2018

• Michigan threatens to repeal Medicaid expansion if work requirements not approved

  Sept. 12, 2018

• PhRMA, hospital war over drug prices heats up

  Sept. 6, 2018

• Amazon-Berkshire-JPM healthcare venture picks COO

  Sept. 5, 2018

• California's Verity system files bankruptcy, faces $175M in annual losses

  Sept. 4, 2018

• CMMI director says agency won't force all providers to assume risk

  Aug. 31, 2018

• Tennessee health system lawsuit alleges rigged Medicaid contracting by state

  Aug. 30, 2018

• Payers saw more upgrades in H1 2018, A.M. Best says

  Aug. 29, 2018

• New hospital ranking looks at customer loyalty

  Aug. 27, 2018

• Nearly 20% of US hospitals weak or at risk of closing, analysis finds

  Aug. 22, 2018

• Target hospitals see limited benefits from M&A, report finds

  Aug. 21, 2018

• Anthem, Walmart partner on MA program aimed at improving OTC access

  Aug. 20, 2018

• 5 key takeaways from hospitals' Q2 results

  Aug. 15, 2018

• AI can save US insurers $7B in admin costs, Accenture says

  Aug. 9, 2018

• CHS under EHR meaningful use investigation

  Aug. 9, 2018

• ACOs using medical home physicians save money, yield higher quality, report finds

  Aug. 8, 2018

• GM contracting directly with Henry Ford Health System

  Aug. 7, 2018

• Express Scripts income up, defends PBM model

  Aug. 2, 2018

• Molina beats expectations with $202M net income for Q2

  Aug. 1, 2018

• OIG fines eClinicalWorks for failing to report patient safety issues

  July 31, 2018

• CHS beats Q2 expectations despite drops in revenue, admissions

  July 27, 2018

• Higher Medicaid rates improved behavioral health, study finds

  July 26, 2018

• Pharma, medtech spending accounted for 28% of CME funds in 2017

  July 26, 2018

• CMS reinstates ACA risk-adjustment payments

  July 25, 2018

• Banner's Epic to Cerner conversion generated medical errors

  July 24, 2018

• Controversial Anthem ER policy under fire in lawmaker's report

  July 20, 2018

• Hikma ramping up injectable opioid output for US hospitals

  July 19, 2018

• Nearly half of antibiotics inappropriate in urgent care, CDC study says

  July 18, 2018

• Humana study touts telehealth cost cuts, with comparable follow-ups

  July 18, 2018

• HHS kills clinical guidelines website, cites budget cuts

  July 17, 2018

• Industry groups launch guide for managing high-need, high-cost patients

  July 16, 2018

• MA outperforms traditional Medicare for people with chronic conditions, study finds

  July 11, 2018

• Gottlieb: FDA seeking 'right balance' in regulating opioid prescriptions

  July 10, 2018

• EHR error rates vary widely across systems, JAMIA study finds

  July 9, 2018

• Amazon Business' medical supply chain ambitions: 4 things to know

  July 6, 2018

• CMS proposes home health pay changes, including remote monitoring

  July 3, 2018

• CareFirst touts $1B saved with patient-centered medical home program

  June 29, 2018

• More Medicare patients dying at home, JAMA study finds

  June 26, 2018

• Ascension spins out hospital automation tool service

  June 21, 2018

• CVS offers at-home Rx delivery amid Amazon threat

  June 20, 2018