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The Department of Health & Human Services proposed a rule that would require facilities to disclose ownership by private equity. Advocates for nursing homes say the issue distracts from the need for more funding.

The company’s virtual care platform offers mental health services and medical care at more than 250 colleges. CEO Luke Hejl said TimelyMD is poised for more growth.

The CMS is weighing changes that providers have been seeking. Jack Resneck, the AMA president, said there’s ‘a vital need to rein in Medicare Advantage plans.’

It’s not a big gap, but a higher percentage of female physicians are unmarried or living without a partner.

Tower, which had endured severe financial troubles, announced an alliance with Penn in 2021. Tower is still struggling to recover from an ill-fated expansion.

Intermountain Health selects COO, Steward Health hires diversity leader, Cleveland Clinic picks a CFO, and others take on new roles.

Regal Medical Group, based in southern California, said the breach occurred in December 2022.

Four lawmakers have sent letters to three companies expressing their concerns and asking what they are doing to ensure private information isn’t given to advertisers.

More than 1 million Americans have lost their lives to the coronavirus since early 2020. A new analysis sheds more light on the physicians who have died.

A Republican leading a key panel has introduced a bill to kill the troubled project. Oracle says the pulling the plug would hurt veterans, and the company says it’s making progress in resolving issues.

The president wants to lower prescription drug costs for more Americans. He also hailed the progress on the COVID-19 pandemic and the approaching end of the public health emergency.

The president aimed to rally support for the cancer moonshot. Biden says he hopes to 'cure some cancers once and for all.'

Four months after filing for bankruptcy, the California-based chain says it is turning the corner and has a new CEO.

Unless Congress acts, there will be an $8 billion reduction in a key Medicaid program. America’s Essential Hospitals hopes to avert those cuts.

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare continues to deal with the security issue that began late last week. Providers are using handwritten notes.

About half are providing some price data, but many are offering information that is incomplete, according to Patient Rights Advocate.

Many offer little or no paid leave, and some also require faculty to take sick or vacation time, a new study finds. Researchers say it could be contributing to burnout.

The measure would allow employers to offer standalone telehealth benefits, similar to vision and dental plans.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital hires a business innovation officer, Emory University School of Medicine gets an interim dean, and others take new roles.

Hospitals everywhere are struggling, but Alabama providers are facing a perilous situation. Without help, some of the state’s hospitals will close, the head of the Alabama Hospital Association says.

The two companies are leaders in medical liability insurance. They hope to close the deal in the second half of 2023.

Providers and health plans are managing more administrative tasks electronically, but there is still room for more progress, according to the new CAQH Index. Spending on business functions rose $18 billion in 2022.

A pro-Russian hacktivist group claimed credit. Federal authorities had issued an alert about the group this week.

After acquiring Cancer Treatment Centers last year, the facilities will now all be under the City of Hope umbrella. CEO Robert Stone says the system is looking to serve patients nationwide as 'one City of Hope.'

Providers have time to prepare, but they hope the White House and lawmakers will work with stakeholders. The president is resisting calls to end the emergency right now.

Many older hospital patients develop delirium. Johns Hopkins researchers used artificial intelligence models to identify patients that were likely to develop delirium.

Some gains in December couldn’t offset a miserable year. More patients are shifting to outpatient surgical centers and ambulatory care.

After Harvard Medical School announced it would no longer participate, other institutions are following suit.

The disparity surprised even the authors of the NIH-supported study. The researchers suggested a lack of access to healthcare and structural racism are likely contributors.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences appoints two leaders, Vanderbilt names a nursing leader, and others take new roles.