Alex Kacik

Starting this fall, Steve Walsh will lead one of the biggest lobbying spenders in healthcare after serving as Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association president and CEO since 2017.

Allegheny Health Network added two hospitals and 500 physicians in the Heritage Valley deal, while agreeing to court-imposed conditions.

A former Alignment Healthcare executive alleges the Medicare Advantage insurer misclassified expenses to inflate earnings and executive pay.

Health systems are using private equity-backed joint ventures to expand outpatient care, increase referrals, boost capital and limit costs.

Denny Sanford, the philanthropist whose gifts helped transform Sanford Health into a $11.6 billion system, died Saturday at age 90.

Hospitals are preparing for longer stays, fewer post-acute referral partners and higher costs as federal fraud scrutiny reshapes discharge planning.

As states expand oversight of healthcare transactions, struggling hospitals warn longer reviews could derail merger plans meant to preserve services.

The layoffs impacted corporate and administrative roles at Wellstar Health System but did not affect frontline care teams.

Health systems are streamlining EHRs to cut costs and speed technology adoption, but numerous factors are slowing progress.

Hospitals could gain millions of dollars in Medicare payments after a Texas court vacated a 2023 regulation on disproportionate-share payments.