Alex Kacik

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.

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is looking outside of mergers and acquisitions to expand access to specialty care and its reach across the Pacific Northwest.

Private equity firms are shifting their focus from providers to healthcare information technology and pharmaceutical services.

Premier sued the federal government over a policy that restricts how 340B hospitals can purchase drugs. You must be a subscriber to access this content.

Many hospitals are not publishing their prices in accordance with the price transparency law, a federal watchdog's new report found.

A new lawsuit over how pharmaceutical companies can dole out drug discounts for providers amplifies an incessant legal battle between hospitals and drugmakers.

More than 6,400 resident physicians, fellows and interns across the University of California system filed a petition Thursday to combine their eight union chapters.

Nonprofit health systems, cancer centers and pediatric hospitals are increasingly depending on big donors to boost oncology, cardiology and other services.