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Eight years before Steward Health Care’s explosive, highly publicized collapse, the private equity-backed hospital chain sold ...

Hospitals are putting major expansion projects on hold and bracing for service cuts as new limits on Medicaid state-directed payments threaten to squeeze already tight finances. Making matters worse, ...

The Leapfrog Group has published its annual list of top-performing hospitals, recognizing 151 hospitals in the U.S. for excellence in quality and safety in 2025. Top hospitals are identified using ...

Becker’s is pleased to release the 2025 edition of its “Great community hospitals” list. Community hospitals play a vital role in the fabric of the U.S. healthcare system, delivering accessible, ...

Urban safety-net hospitals will be in the firing line when sweeping Medicaid funding cuts outlined in the summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill take effect, according to an analysis published Monday. In ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 03: U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) shakes hands with Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) alongside fellow House Republicans during an enrollment ceremony for H.R. 1, the ...

BOWMAN, N.D. — Retta Jacobi stepped onto a metal platform that lifted her to an entrance on the side of a custom-designed semitrailer. Once inside, she lay down on a platform that technicians slid ...

Hospitals are bracing for the impact from the Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s sweeping spending and tax cut law. While most of the cuts won’t happen immediately, rural facilities in particular say ...

Hundreds of urban hospitals have taken advantage of a 2016 policy change that allows them to be simultaneously classified by Medicare as rural and urban facilities for payment purposes, according to a ...

Congress has implemented a number of policies over the past four decades to boost access to care for rural Americans, who tend to be older and sicker compared with their urban counterparts. The ...

Private health systems are often the first to bring patients the latest medical innovations on the market, but public health systems are proving that they're not far behind in tech adoption. Earlier ...