Trump nominates Susan Monarez as CDC Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Susan Monarez is being tapped to fill the role in a...
The Doctors Company to buy ProAssurance in $1.3B deal
The Doctors Company plans to take specialty medical insurer ProAssurance private in a deal worth $1.3 billion, the companies announced...
Bipartisan bill gives president medical good trade deal powers
A bipartisan, bicameral group of senators have introduced legislation that would give the president new authority to negotiate and strike...
Lessons learned from the Change cyberattack
Just over a year ago, cybercriminals launched a ransomware attack on clearinghouse Change Healthcare in what became the biggest hack...
RFK Jr. says US measles outbreak ‘top priority’ at HHS
Last Wednesday, during President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the nation’s largest federal...
House budget plan advances, paving way for major Medicaid cuts
A House budget framework that calls for hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid has passed on the...
Community Health Systems posts $70M loss in Q4
Community Health Systems posted a $70 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to its earnings report released...
CFPB shakeup leaves medical debt reform in limbo
The fate of a Biden-era rule that would keep medical debt from consumers’ credit reports is up in the air...
Paul Mango, former HHS official and Trump adviser, dies
Paul Mango, a senior health official during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term who was a member of Trump’s current transition...
Here are the companies and trends we’re watching
It’s officially a new year for the healthcare industry, as biopharma and health system executives, investors, reporters and others make the annual...