MultiCare pays $3.7M to settle unnecessary surgery allegations
MultiCare Health System has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement with law enforcement to resolve allegations it ignored “numerous red flags”...
CMS could help improve public health data reporting
Quality data is critical to informing public health actions. That’s why every day, state and local health departments analyze and...
Federal agents kill ICU nurse in Minneapolis
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. A registered nurse was shot and killed Saturday morning in Minneapolis by federal...
Layoff Tracker—Pomona Valley Hospital, Blue Cross of Idaho
Fierce Healthcare is tracking workforce changes across healthcare in 2026. Stick with this tracker for the latest updates, and reach...
Congress proposes extensions for virtual care in funding bill
Medicare telehealth flexibilities and the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) program are teed up to receive multi-year extensions from...
31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers announce Jan. 26 strike
Kaiser Permanente is staring down the barrel of a 31,000-worker strike across more than two dozen hospitals and clinics. The...
HHS cancels then reinstates $2B in SAMHSA grants
On Tuesday, thousands of health agencies and organizations across the country got word that federal grants for some mental health...
Cityblock to expand AI efforts with new CTO, board appointees
Cityblock Health, a value-based provider for Medicaid and dual-eligible beneficiaries, has appointed a new chief technology officer. With a background...
Industry Voices—FQHCs bridge specialty care’s missed connections
The challenge in community health isn’t just providing access to specialists; it’s also bridging the gap between primary and specialty...
CMMI proposes new models to lower drug prices in Parts B, D
The Medicare Innovation Center has proposed two drug pricing models that would lower the cost of certain drugs to reflect...
