Health care’s top executives sat comfortably atop their perch during the second year of the pandemic, cushioned more than ever by the rising fortunes of their stock ownership. The CEOs of ...

U.S. healthcare spending totaled $4.3 trillion in 2021, an increase of just 2.7% from a year earlier as COVID-19 relief funding waned, actuaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

Eight states have established health care spending growth target programs to advance affordability. First established by Massachusetts in 2013, spending growth targets have become an important state ...

In 2021, enrollment in employment-based group coverage declined while enrollment in individual-market (non-group) coverage and Medicaid increased. Those coverage gains were primarily driven by ...

Pomelo Care launched in 2021 with a virtual maternity care model that supplements traditional pregnancy care to proactively predict and address risk factors. | Pomelo Care banked $92 million in series ...

Amidst warnings from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation about hacking groups and news from the Department of Justice about ransomware-related arrests, an adage has begun to be repeated among ...

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions surged in 2021, growing 56% in the 12 months through Nov. 15 versus 2020. There was particularly high growth among physician medical groups, which saw more than 400 ...

National health spending grew almost 3% in 2021, reaching $4.3 trillion as big increases in healthcare use and insurance coverage were offset by lower government spending on COVID-19. The year’s ...

Technology took on an elevated role over the past year as health systems rapidly expanded telehealth, data analytics, artificial intelligence and remote monitoring capabilities to provide care during ...

This is the second annual Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey released since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite widespread workplace disruption, the key metrics we ...

This study, which analyzed jobs data between 2018 and 2021, adds to research suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated healthcare staffing and care quality concerns. A disproportionate number of ...

For women around the globe, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic brought more health challenges than the first. In 2020, the medical technology company Hologic launched a global survey in ...