The payer group said the new Lifestyle Spending Account will pay for the things not currently covered by other flexible spending accounts, such as consumer products to monitor nutrition and manage diabetes. The full list of options is presented in a new webstore.

One of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country is set to buy Williamson Health, a Tennessee-based regional hospital and provider network. If approved by regulators, the transaction could be finalized sometime next year. 

The largest Medicaid-specialized managed care organization in the U.S. is offering buyout packages to most of its 60,000 or so staff workers.

From the right come heated calls for reform if not outright overhaul of the 340B Drug Pricing Program. From the left, vociferous insistence on letting 340B be, albeit with modest tweaks and fixes. From hospitals and drug manufacturers: finger-pointing.  

On the very bottom stands Maryland. The report from WalletHub looked at the median income of households in each state, analyzing what percentage of household income a silver plan consumes.

Leaders of academic hospitals and deans of their affiliated medical schools often rely heavily on each other, and theirs is not a relationship of convenience. 

Patients increasingly wait for—or never receive—drug treatments deemed appropriate and timely by their doctors. 

The concept of the healthcare workplace champion may be ripe for developing and expanding in this time of protracted workforce shortages. Researchers make the case in a new study, suggesting star performers can help overstretched provider organizations build resilience against demoralization in their ranks.