For-profit hospitals’ struggles with declining admissions will be made worse if more states enact work requirements in their Medicaid programs, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings.

Brittany Cloyd went into the emergency room in July 2017 with a worsening fever and stomach pain, she told Vox. The 27-year-old's family thought it might be appendicitis. Instead, she was diagnosed with ovarian cysts, a condition her insurer, Anthem, said wasn’t worth a trip to the ER—so it wouldn’t cover her $12,596 hospital bill.

Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals, today announced the 250 recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence.

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced Tuesday morning an initiative aimed at improving healthcare for their combined 1.1 million U.S.-based employees. The three corporate giants want to improve employee satisfaction while reducing costs.

Hospital groups have sued CMS to reverse $1.6 billion in cuts to Medicare payments made under the 340B drug discount program, but a new study from Avalere said only 15 percent of facilities will see a net payment reduction thanks to redistributing those funds under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS).

Smart glasses could be a feasible tool in detecting concussions and improving critical decision making, according to a study published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth.

2017 will go down as the year mergers and acquisitions activity “shook the healthcare landscape,” according to a report from Kaufman Hall, with more deals worth $1 billion or more being announced than in any prior year.

With the many financial and operational challenges that the industry is facing at a rapid pace today, we often look to hospitals' electronic health records (EHRs), technology and other systems as the culprits. What we fail to see is that a human, who is the end user of these systems, is at the core of every challenge.