Alex Kacik

A Champaign County, Illinois, judge reduced a $535 million verdict linked to a 2020 sexual assault that occurred at a psychiatric facility owned by Universal Health Services to $180 million.

Health systems are forging partnerships with certain Medicare Advantage plans, even as increasingly frequent battles over reimbursement rates and pay policies cause them to break ties with others.

Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System have signed a definitive merger agreement. You must be a subscriber to access this content.

Healthcare companies would likely spend less time and money litigating whistleblower lawsuits if a recent federal court ruling holds.

Federal and state regulators' push for more information on potential cross-market hospital mergers is setting up a showdown that could slow or potentially scuttle the increasingly common combinations.

The Federal Trade Commission has appealed a federal court ruling blocking its ban on most noncompete agreements. You must be a subscriber to access this content.

Steward Health Care completed the $245 million sale of its physician group, Stewardship Health, to private equity-owned Rural Healthcare Group.

Hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers will receive a 2.9% Medicare pay boost next year under a final rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued Friday.

Hospital outpatient facilities would receive lower Medicare reimbursements under a "site-neutral" payment policy framework Sens. Dr.

Private equity firms are increasingly investing in hospital-owned ambulatory surgery centers, allowing the companies to bankroll a growing sector while limiting regulatory scrutiny.