When an ambulance company charges more than an insurer is willing to pay, patients can be left with a big bill they probably ...

The patient financial landscape is being reshaped by contradictory forces: rising patient out-of-pocket costs and growing restrictions providers' ability to collect on those patient liabilities.

For many health systems, workforce expenses are dominating operating costs, and reducing overreliance on contract labor is ...

Storytelling and data are the keys to successful advocacy efforts, say these nurse leaders. Legislators play a key role in ...

The recent commitment by the nation’s largest health insurers to cut red tape and accelerate care decisions by implementing long-overdue reforms to the prior authorization process is welcome news.

S&P Global Ratings said it's considering cutting Centene Corp.'s credit ratings to junk, citing the health insurer's suspending its 2025 profit outlook. Centene said last week that it was withdrawing ...

If they want to work in North Carolina, advanced practice registered nurses — in particular, nurse practitioners — are required to work with a supervising physician. Certified registered nurse ...

Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a spike in tick bite cases, according to new data from the CDC. July has already seen the highest number of tick-related ER visits since 2017, with the ...

Rural areas face a serious mental healthcare gap, with similar rates of mental illness as urban areas but nearly double the suicide rate, fewer primary care providers, and slower workforce growth.

In a recently decided case, the Supreme Court upheld the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force, rather than ...

A pairing of two experimental drugs inhibits tumor growth and blocks drug-induced resistance in ovarian cancer, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The ...

The industry has, for the most part, withstood the economic challenges that have plagued job growth in other sectors.