Aetna confirmed it is in negotiations to move its corporate headquarters out of Hartford, Connecticut, which was been its home since it began as a fire insurance company in 1819.

In a study of physician practice arrangements, the American Medical Association found the long-term trends of consolidation and increased physician employment have continued, with the majority of physicians no longer having an ownership stake in their medical practice.

A stalemate over reimbursement rates at John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida is causing some anxiety for patients and their families.

The selloff of Community Health System (CHS) hospitals is continuing, as the struggling hospital operator agreed to sell five Pennsylvania hospitals to the not-for-profit Reading Health System.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the blame for rising premiums and fewer insurers in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges fall on the prior administration, not the current one, while offering a mixed message on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the ACA replacement that passed the House earlier in May.

Healthcare has its share of ups and downs but some factors weigh more heavily on the minds of executives than others. referralMD has compiled a list of C-suite executives on what keeps them up at night.

A draft rule from HHS would allow all employers to seek an exemption from the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s mandate to cover contraceptives in their insurance plans, leading to many patients having to pay out-of-pocket for birth control, which is currently available at no cost. 

Participating in a health information exchange (HIE) “significantly” reduced repetition of therapeutic procedures by providers in western New York, according to research conducted by the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and the Brookings Institution.