The measure President Turmp signed Thursday rescinds a rule issued under former President Barack Obama that bars states from withholding Title X family planning funding from health care facilities that provide abortion care.
The rise in vaccination among kindergarteners follows a strict vaccination law passed last year, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from California, Florida, and Michigan.
Fortune named 15 hospitals and health systems—all of which are Advisory Board members—to its 2017 list of "Best Workplaces in Health Care," which highlights companies that excel at employee engagement and satisfaction.
VA Inspector General Michael Missal said his office has not yet determined whether inventory problems at a Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs medical center resulted in patient harm, but that his office will continue to investigate the issue.
HHS on Thursday released a final rule that will shorten the next open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act's exchanges by six weeks and give insurers more flexibility in setting coverage levels.
The process by which patients provide informed consent for a doctor's preferred course of treatment is "commonly not-so-well informed"—but it could be significantly improved if patients followed seven simple steps, two physicians write in the New York Times' "Well."
Many people assume creativity and ability to innovate wane with age—but research suggests that the truth just the opposite, Pagan Kennedy writes for the New York Times.
The study finds hospital participation in at least one of three federal value-based payment initiatives generated nearly $32 million in cost savings in 2015 from reduced readmissions.
