White House freezes Medicaid payments to California, withholding $1.3 billion amid allegations of fraud and billing irregularities, CMS says.

Members of AFSCME-represented University of California healthcare and service workers are set to begin an open-ended strike May 14, according to a May 11 news release from the American Federation of ...

CMS assigned 199 hospitals a 1-star rating for overall quality in its May 2024 update based on 46 hospital quality measures.

Several health systems have kicked off May with plans for new hospitals, outpatient centers and specialty care facilities as organizations continue investing in growth and access expansion. The ...

Ninety-four more hospitals earned a five-star quality rating from CMS in 2026 compared to 2025.  CMS publishes its Overall ...

Iowa governor signs law reforming prior authorization and banning insurer penalties for out-of-network referrals, effective next year.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is launching a new initiative aimed at accelerating adoption of electronic prior ...

Endeavor nurses seek unionization at four Illinois hospitals to address staffing shortages and pay cuts, citing patient safety concerns.

Former Phoenix Children CEO Burl Stamp publishes a leadership book to help managers improve employee engagement and workplace culture.

On the surface, the conventional rural health story is one marked by rising financial pressures, dwindling care access and closure risks. But those constraints don’t define rural healthcare, and the ...

California creates 25M fund to provide grants helping nonprofit and public hospitals facing closure risk maintain critical ...

The physician assistant workforce in the U.S. surpassed 201,000 for the first time in 2025, according to the National Commission on Certification of PAs’ 2025 Statistical Profile of Board Certified ...