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Beating this pandemic won't happen through actions by federal, state and local governments alone, leaders say in open letter.

AHIP focuses on the impact that a preliminary injunction or declaratory relief would have on patients, health insurance providers and states.

The Department of Justice normally defends laws in court, but will not in the case of a lawsuit brought by Texas and 19 other GOP-led states against the government.

Devin McGraw had also been working as ONC's chief privacy officer, a position that ONC head Donald Rucker has said will not be filled.

Price's management experience, ability to rally HHS employees called into question, as are past business dealings.

Two of Medicaid's top leaders are leaving the federal government, opening vacancies for chief regulatory positions amid a booming period of evolution in the program.

Uncompensated care was supposed to be a thing of the past, but it's persisting in many states not expanding Medicaid eligibility. As an alternative, for some high-cost uninsured patients, hospitals are turning to a new option.

The U.S. Senate voted in Sylvia Matthews Burwell as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday afternoon. She is slated to officially take over for outgoing Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after a swearing in ceremony on Monday.

States are making a bold move toward healthcare transparency, betting that easily-available hospital data will empower consumers and drive quality changes.

The American Hospital Association is asking federal Medicare leaders to stem the practice of using sample hospital audit data to extrapolate overpayments eligible for recovery. The lack of clarity regarding standards for short patient stays has clouded the issue.