A new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), published online today by Health Affairs, estimates that in 2021 health care spending in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oral Health Care: What Are Funders Supporting? The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a July 2021 issue brief reminding us that “dental benefits are not generally covered by [traditional ...

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 ...

Mayo Clinic's standout 2021 results come at a time when many nonprofit hospitals have faced pressure on their operations from a surge in COVID-19 cases in the second half of the year. Rising labor ...

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 ...

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 ...

The federal government recovered more than $5 billion in healthcare fraud settlements and judgments in fiscal year 2021, according to the joint annual government Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control ...

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 ...