The U.S. has some of the highest healthcare costs in the world, but overall quality and cost can vary widely by state.

Prime Healthcare Services, a national hospital system with 45 locations in 14 states, and its CEO have agreed to pay $65 million to settle a whistleblower case alleging false claims.

Bayer has shot back after a documentary aired on Netflix took aim its controversial birth control implant, Essure.

The U.S. will soon spend close to 20 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health, according to The Wall Street Journal, up from the current level of about 18 percent. In December 2017, the healthcare industry became the nation’s largest employment sector. 

California’s maternal death rates been halved as pregnancy-related deaths increase in the U.S. Safety experts and hospitals in California have worked together to implement improved practices. So why haven't other states done the same? A USA Today investigation looks for an answer.

Physicians employed at small, independent primary care practices (SIPs) in New York City report dramatically lower levels of burnout, according to new research published July 9 in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

Emphasize program integrity in audits of state claims for federal match funds and medical loss ratios (MLRs). CMS will audit some states based on clinical services spending and quality improvements.

Individuals from Mississippi were indicted for defrauding insurance companies for $200 million with high-priced compounded formulations and bribing providers—including dentists, physicians and nurse practitioners—to prescribe those medications to patients they never examined.