Under the recently finalized joint replacement model from CMS, hospitals are financially accountable for every readmission, complication and therapy bill in a 90-day joint replacement episode, even ...

American College of Cardiology Past President Robert Frye, MD, has died at age 94 after a career spanning more than 70 years in medicine, the ACC announced Aug. 7. Dr. Frye served as ACC president ...

From explosive quarterly profit to a new AI-powered care platform, CVS Health has spent the past several months reshaping how it makes money and how regulators, competitors and patients see it. CVS ...

Medtech company Johnson & Johnson and ACCESS, a physician-led management services organization, have signed a multiyear ...

Demand for GI care is rising as colorectal cancer screening expands to younger patients, but the specialist workforce isn’t keeping pace. For GI practices, that capacity crunch could also point to one ...

From a first-quarter earnings beat to a wave of physician practice closures and a fresh entanglement in ASC antitrust remedies, Optum has spent the past few months navigating a mix of financial ...

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is planning to create a CRNA program, which would be the fourth in the state.  The university’s College of Nursing new dean, Hyochol Brian Ahn, PhD, MSN, said ...

Spine robotics have become a significant investment for hospitals and ASCs, but realizing a return can depend on more than acquiring the technology. Nine spine surgeons discuss what separates programs ...

Medicare’s push toward site-neutral payment is no longer a future problem. CMS’ latest hospital outpatient rule, finalized in November 2025, cut payment for certain drug administration services ...

St. Louis-based Ascension didn’t just acquire Amsurg’s more than 300 ASCs in its $3.9 billion deal that closed in early June, it acquired the machinery that runs them, and it’s telling the market it ...

San Francisco-based Hinge Health has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cylinder Health, a virtual-first digestive healthcare company, for $105 million in cash, expanding the digital health ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has named Michael Schlosser, MD, as chief clinical officer and executive vice president, and Charles Gressle as president of the company’s new Ambulatory ...