8+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1311+ words) Health system CEOs faced an airing of grievances Tuesday from House Ways and Means Committee members over rising healthcare costs and policies several Republican members said have placed their organizations on an uneven competitive playing field." The more than four-hour…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (496+ words) Physicians" medical liability insurance premiums rose for the seventh consecutive year in 2025, a first for the field since 2005, and at the second-highest rate since that same year, according to a new American Medical Association analysis." Among responses to an annual…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (24+ words) Increases in workforce, supply and drug spending joined volume jumps and greater acuity to grow 2025 spending, whereas pricing rose at a slower pace....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (354+ words) Lawmakers in the U. S. House of Representatives proposed bipartisan legislation Monday aimed at strengthening Medicare Advantage plan oversight to ensure seniors receive timely and high quality care." Pennsylvania Republican John Joyce, M. D. , introduced the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026 (PDF) April 20. The…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (721+ words) HCA Healthcare executives worked to reassure investors that lower-than-expected patient volumes during the first quarter are in the past and not expected to diminish the company's full-year growth targets." In quarterly numbers released Friday morning and discussed during an earnings…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (713+ words) Fierce Healthcare Industry Voices'Hospitals are very online, but what happens when they're plunged into 'digital darkness'? The television show "The Pitt" has earned praise from viewers, critics and even emergency physicians who credit it for portraying the frenzied reality of…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (487+ words) A conservative think tank with proven sway over federal health policy has a new report out undercutting the hospital industry's claims of sweeping financial distress and broadly calling for rollbacks of favorable payment rates and subsidies it says have fueled…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (322+ words) The Trump administration is delaying a voluntary model that aimed to expand access to GLP-1s in Part D after pushback from insurers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services first announced the Better Approaches to Lifestyle and Nutrition for Comprehensive h…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (365+ words) CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, M. D. , on Tuesday previewed the agency's next steps in its effort to root out fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid. The head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said during a session at Politico's Health Care…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (12+ words) A look inside Highmark and Spring Health's mental well-being partnership'Fierce Healthcare...