Adding one Medicaid patient day in 2017 would increase a hospital’s Medicare payments by more than $300, which, when added to Medicaid dollars, makes treating Medicaid beneficiaries profitable for hospitals.

Disproportionate-share hospitals (DSHs) couldn’t cover their total costs for treating Medicaid and uninsured patients in 2011 through Medicaid payments, after accounting for taxes and fees paid to local governments.

Some insurers which have criticized the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges have made money off those plans, according to a new report from USA Today.

People with chronic diseases are often consumed with the management of their conditions, but technological advancements have allowed for people to minimize the impact of self-monitoring and decrease the constant worry associated with their health.

The nation’s highest court has agreed to take up three cases where employees of religious-affiliated hospital systems say funding and reporting requirements for pensions should be enforced.

bioLytical Laboratories, producers of rapid infectious disease test, have released its HIV self-tests in the United Kingdom. The HIV self-test is able to provide results in minutes and is over 99 percent accurate.

For millions of women, an annual mammogram can mean taking the day off work or creating other difficulties in daily life, but Quantum Radiology is easing such burdens by bringing mammography to women with its Mobile Breast Center (MBC).

Tucked into the 21st Century Cures Act, which is aimed at speeding up the approval process for drugs and medical devices, are provisions pulling back requirements for those companies to disclose payments made to physicians.