CMS is raising Medicare Advantage payments by 2.48%, or more than $13 billion, according to its finalized 2027 rate announcement. The agency said April 6 that when estimated risk score trends in MA ...

PBM formulary exclusions top 600 drugs as Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx adjust 2026 lists amid pricing shifts.

The NLRB dismissed the UPMC hospital union decertification petition due to a valid labor contract through January 2028.

States scramble supplement Medicaid funding as Iowa enacts higher MCO taxes amid CMS limits on provider tax structures.

Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota has resumed all services in its Gender Health program after a temporary pause that began Feb. 27, according to a health system statement shared with Becker’s.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare, alleging the company violated state consumer protection and data security laws in connection with a 2024 data breach ...

A Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai randomized clinical trial found pharmacist-led transitions-of-care interventions did not significantly reduce 30-day hospital or emergency department utilization among ...

Premier Health launches clinical decision-support tools, expanding AI and imaging guidance to improve provider decision-making across its five hospitals.

CHS CEO worker pay ratio in 2025 was 60:1, with CEO Kevin Hammons earning $4.77 million versus median employee pay of $79,925.

Signature Healthcare is responding to a cybersecurity incident that has disrupted portions of its information systems, prompting the Brockton, Mass.-based health system to shift to manual operations ...

CDC clears path 2nd vaccine advisory panel overhaul by shifting appointment authority to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. through 2028.

The Federal Trade Commission has warned Tennessee lawmakers that proposed legislation allowing Ballad Health’s Certificate of Public Advantage to expire without competing hospitals in place could harm ...