Category: Modern Healthcare

The stolen inflatable colon inspired a wave of social media attention and helped raise more awareness around colon cancer.

LifePoint Health’s board of directors is plowing ahead with a $120 million golden parachute plan for four top executives ahead of the company’s sale, despite overwhelming opposition from shareholders.

Polls leading into Tuesday’s midterm elections rank healthcare as one the top — if not the — top issue on voters’ minds, along side the economy and immigration.

The CMS finalized two payment rules last week that simultaneously sought to empower clinicians to spend more time with patients, while also paying them less for some services.

New members, weak equity market prompt a drop in Kaiser’s profit to $884 million in the third quarter.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. The decision came over objections that the pill could be abused.

The taxpayer-supported health system in South Florida continues to struggle after a series of state and federal investigations related to alleged kickbacks and open-government law violations. It hopes that Lynn Barrett’s departure will right the…

Senate Finance Committee Democrats warned that nursing homes could experience patient deaths and late evacuations in hurricanes if the CMS doesn’t tighten SNF regulations.

Some insurers are moving cautiously to offer renewable short-term plans, which could redefine the meaning of short-term coverage and test regulators’ ability to guard consumers from costly gaps in care.

An Anthem shareholder is suing some of the insurer’s current and former directors and executives, including former CEO Joseph Swedish, for allegedly breaching their fiduciary duties in pursuing the $54 billion merger with Cigna.