The Justice Department, through its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown investigation, has charged 324 defendants in schemes involving more than $14.6 billion in intended losses to Medicare, ...

As federal lawmakers continue to debate major reforms to Medicaid spending, entrepreneur Mark Cuban is proposing what he believes is “the best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid.” In a June 26 post on ...

Nearly 800 rural U.S. hospitals are at risk of closure due to financial problems, with about 40% of those hospitals at immediate risk of closure. The count is drawn from the Center for Healthcare ...

Kansas City, Mo.-based St. Luke’s Health System has launched outbound pharmacy delivery from its new Consolidated Service Center, centralizing medication distribution to 14 acute care and St. Luke’s ...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved UPS’ $1.6 billion acquisition of Andlaur Healthcare Group, a Canadian provider of temperature-controlled logistics and distribution services for the ...

The Joint Commission is transforming its accreditation process by reducing the number of requirements by 50% — from 1,551 to 774 standards — in its most significant rewrite since Medicare was ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas and Unity Medical Center, a 49-bed independent hospital in Manchester, Tenn., have formed a partnership to expand access to care. The strategic alliance ...

Heritage Valley Kennedy Hospital in Kennedy Township, Pa., will officially close at 11:59 p.m. on June 30 due to declining patient volumes and diminishing reimbursements, a spokesperson for the ...

The National Union of Healthcare Workers ended an open-ended strike June 30 at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (Calif.) and its satellite clinics, according to a union news release shared ...

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has appointed two new vice presidents, Patrick Brown, MD, as vice president and chief medical information officer and Philip Karp as vice president and CTO ...

Providence workers are set to begin a two-day strike July 2 at Hospice of Petaluma (Calif.) and Memorial Hospice in Santa Rosa, Calif. The action marks their first-ever strike and comes amid ongoing ...

Nearly 20 million Americans could lose their health insurance should the revised 940-page Senate version of the President Donald Trump-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act move forward, according to June ...