Category: Modern Healthcare

After switching two of its medical centers from Epic to Cerner, Banner Health saw increased losses in its university delivery operations, reflecting the costly software switch for those two Tucson, Ariz., facilities.

The House starts its effort to expand HSAs this week, and will also vote to allow tax credits to fund off-exchange catastrophic coverage and permanently repeal the Obamacare medical device tax.

It’s more than $1 billion over budget and five years behind schedule, but an elaborate new veterans hospital is finally ready to open in suburban Denver with the promise of state-of-the-art medical care.

LifePoint Health and RCCH Healthcare Partners signed a definitive agreement to merge. LifePoint shareholders will receive $65 per share in cash once the transaction closes, resulting in a $5.6 billion purchase price.

HHS received over 3,000 comments on the Trump administration’s Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices, which was released in May. Hospitals, health insurers and drugmakers had plenty to say on how to address soaring drug prices

Physicians are beginning to question how fair the match program is and whether it meets the needs of doctors-in-training and patients.

Heavy hitters Anthem, HCA and UHS will release their Q2 earnings. Meanwhile, a House panel will delve into the MIPS program.

Growing pay inequality is a huge problem in healthcare. It’s going to take a conscious commitment by healthcare’s top leaders, sustained over many years, to turn the industry’s critical support jobs into good jobs.

Physician compensation rose only slightly for most medical specialties in 2017 indicating the steady growth in pay seen over the past several years may have started to slow.

The major healthcare innovation story is occurring across the country in cities and small towns, where local hospitals and health systems are now centers of transformational change.