Modern Healthcare Breaking News

Attorneys general in Michigan, Colorado, Nevada and Iowa want to join a lawsuit to defend the Affordable Care Act after a federal judge declared it unconstitutional.

HCA Healthcare completed its $1.5 billion purchase of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, bringing another six hospitals into its portfolio.

Let’s acknowledge that there’s a tremendous amount of waste in the system. Unnecessary tests and procedures are performed every day in America’s hospitals and physician offices.

Drug distributor McKesson Corp. says it expects to shoulder more than $100 million in opioid-related legal expenses this year. Both McKesson and AmerisourceBergen downplayed their roles in the opioid epidemic in their respective earnings calls.

Under the proposal, price reductions offered by drugmakers to PBMs, Medicare Part D and managed care plans would not receive safe harbor protection as “discounts.” Those rebates could be subject to prosecution under the Anti-Kickback Statute.

More than half of hospital and health system executives polled would not have a chief executive lined up if their CEO suddenly left, according to a new survey. Nearly a third lack a succession plan entirely.

Dr. Christopher Stanley’s hiring as Sutter Health’s first chief population health officer comes as the system focuses on managing population health.

National health insurer Aetna will pay $935,000 to settle allegations the health insurer violated state privacy laws when it mistakenly mailed letters to patients that disclosed they were taking HIV medication.

State regulators say they don’t have the legal authority or the staff to regulate the marketing of short-term insurance plans, a new study finds.

Zocdoc will begin charging doctors in New York state for each new patient who books an appointment using its service instead of a monthly fee.