Tim Broderick

The number of five-star Medicare Advantage contracts plummeted from 74 in 2022 to just seven for the 2025 plan year. Open enrollment starts Tuesday.

There's been a small decrease in overall healthcare hiring this year but hospitals are bucking the trend. 

Projected labor shortages may put pressure on wages and lead to more work for certain healthcare staffers, according to a Mercer report.

The Health and Human Services Department published nearly 400 breach incidents dated through June 30 on its website.

Equity Group Investments would remain Ardent's majority owner after a planned initial public offering.

More than 30 hospitals and health systems have been downgraded by at least one of the three largest credit rating agencies in the first half of 2024.

<p>Forty Medicare Advantage insurers received higher star ratings after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was forced to revise the 2024 quality scores.</p>

HHS found Medicare telehealth flexibilities led to 63-fold increase in utilitization in 2020.