Richard Pizzi

The U.S. Comptroller General has announced the appointment of two new members and the reappointment of five existing members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC.

The leadership of Willamette Falls Hospital in Oregon City, Ore., has approved an agreement to join Providence Health and Services, a not-for-profit health system with facilities in Alaska, Washington, Montana, Oregon and California.

Many uninsured American families who aren't covered by group health insurance through an employer can't afford to buy health insurance, according to a new study by the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The Mississippi state senate on Thursday approved a proposal to build a $151 million, 100-bed hospital in Olive Branch in a special session of the Legislature.

Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector grew by 17,000 jobs in April, although the national unemployment rate rose to 8.9 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services has signed a five-year, $84 million contract with a private vendor to manage the state's Medicaid program.

Bon Secours Health System Inc., one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country, has invested $1.6 million in a nonprofit that provides low-interest loans to help communities that lack access to traditional financial services.

Frankford Hospital, a three-hospital healthcare system in the Philadelphia region, has changed its name to Aria Health as it expands its clinical programs and services.

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, Ind., has announced a pay freeze for employees as it prepares to open a new facility later this year.

Patients in Minnesota will be the first in the continental United States to have real-time access to a “virtual clinic,” where they can talk with a physician who can make diagnoses and prescribe medications via the Web or a phone.