Assessing value-based care will require streamlining Medicare regulations across its different programs, defining value and measuring for it, according to the American Medical Group Association (AMGA).

Michael Culotta, chief financial officer of the 31-hospital Quorum Health, has announced he’ll be leaving the post effective March 31.

Brenda Fitzgerald, MD, has resigned as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after it was reported she bought shares in a tobacco company after taking over the top job at the agency that leads federal smoking prevention efforts.

Healthcare policy was not the main focus of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, though the Jan. 30 speech did include mentions of lowering prescription drug prices, fighting opioid addiction and an endorsement of “right-to-try” legislation being considered by Congress.

Leaders of advocacy groups, health systems, children’s hospitals and suppliers made the list of 10 CEOs who are “transforming healthcare in America” published by Forbes and The CEO Forum magazine.

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.