More practices will close and Medicare patients will pay the price, says AMA President Dr. Bruce A. Scott. 

Gradually transitioning from cash to digital payments can help manage patient expectations.

The health system recently announced a $1B investment to expand primary, specialty care and wellness services on the South Side of Chicago.

Healthcare executives need to determine whether investments impact cost, quality and time, says Patti Phillips, cofounder of ROI Institute.

Hospitals and drugmakers are urging the president to exempt pharmaceuticals and medical goods from his new tariffs on Chinese imports.

Frederick Health Hospital and Palomar Health had weaker balance sheets and little cushion for added stress, says Fitch.

It's the second consecutive month in which operating margins tightened, Strata's data shows.

At this time, no information is available to either corroborate or discount this threat's credibility, joint threat bulletin says. 

Providers have partially offset a lower patient collection rate by improving POS collections and collection on bad debt.

Letter to CEO Andrew Witty follows report of DOJ launching investigation into the company's billing methods.

During Theodorescu's tenure, Cedars-Sinai Cancer doubled its NIH funding and expanded the scope of its research.

Home care M&A has decreased since the pandemic but the market and demand for services continues to grow.

Automated robots have removed administrative burden and allowed nurses to focus more time on direct patient care.

The American Hospital Association called the FTC ruling, "bad law, bad policy and a clear sign of an agency run amok."

Mission Health says the ER will address the influx of patients who are facing longer wait times.

Court documents say Panev acted as a developer of the LockBit ransomware group, attacking healthcare and other industries.

CMS projects $750 million in savings from ending the four models early, but stopped short of saying where the savings would occur.

The mobile program closes care gaps in rural areas and patients give it high marks.

At CommonSpirit Health, accountability is 50/50 shared and the healthcare dividend is split with the physician.

Inpatient revenue has grown at a faster rate than outpatient revenue, signaling a shift in hospital utilization patterns.

A lack of revenue limits practices' capacity to provide high-quality primary care, report says.

A social engineering hoax centered around ransomware has captured the attention of the AHA and the FBI.

Aledade says this will give FQHCs and rural clinics an opportunity to share savings in Medicare Advantage.

Doctors need to carefully and properly use the HCC codes, which indicate the expected costs for a patient.

Final rule disincentives include hospitals not being able to earn three quarters of the annual market basket increase.

MA plans have faced recent headwinds of declining payment rates, medical cost pressures, regulatory burden and less favorable star ratings.

The agreement comes after a complaint alleged Illinois unjustly institutionalized a person with disabilities.

The PBM says the payment model more closely aligns with the costs pharmacies often face due to "manufacturer pricing actions."

The move is an option to provide access to GLP-1 medications for members without insurance coverage.

Individuals can be assisted, "perhaps even literally while waiting for their clothes to dry," says UPMC for You president.

The program will give access to the technology to pregnant and postpartum people with maternal hypertension and diabetes. 

Transaction is estimated to be worth about $3.7 billion.