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Now that hospitals have themselves combined, in many cases, into companies that dominate their communities, insurance executives argue the only way to fight bigness is bigness.

Elderly and disabled Californians were less likely to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized after their in-home caregivers participated in an intensive training program, according to a report.

United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy is touring the nation to pressure drug prescribers to take an active role in the fight to end the opioid epidemic engulfing the country.

Healthcare executives saw salaries decrease during the last year, even though pay for doctors and physician assistants, IT pros rose.

For the first time, most employers consider specialty pharmacy as the highest driver of healthcare costs.

This year's presidential campaign has become so chaotic it has prompted the president of the American Psychiatric Association to issue a reminder to professionals not to publicly analyze the candidates.

Memorial Healthcare System, has joined the Caris Centers of Excellence for Precision Medicine Network, a partnership aimed at advancing tumor profiling and enhancing access to precision medicine, Caris announced Monday.

Behavioral health center manager Acadia Health will buy Highland Hospital Association, an 80-bed psychiatric hospital, and two other related companies in Charleston West Virginia.

Because physicians who treat addiction don't necessarily have experience with surgery or access to sterile spaces, some are having to learn a new skill and develop new systems.

A California bill that would allow certified nurse-midwives to practice independently is pitting the state's doctors against its hospitals, even though both sides support the main goal of the legislation.