Fierce Healthcare

Senate HELP Chair Bill Cassidy's primary loss casts congressional health policy, leadership confirmations on new trajectory

A new Senate healthcare head is in the cards for 2027 after Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D., failed to advance ...
American Hospital AssociationOpinion

AHA Statement on House Health Subcommittee Hearing Examining Physician Fees, Payment Reforms

American Hospital Association E&C statement on examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the Medicare Access and CHIP ...

Reduced health insurance payments for hospital births had a bigger impact on sterilization rates than correcting an injustice

For decades, female sterilization has been one of the most common forms of birth control in the U.S.: 11.5% of U.S. women, ages 15-49, use female sterilization as their primary contraceptive method – ...
Becker's Hospital Review

‘Real consequences for access to care’: CMS’ $775B plan to cut Medicaid funding alarms hospitals

Medicaid funding cuts impact hospital access to care as CMS proposes $775B reduction, raising concerns from AHA and essential hospitals.

Senator Bill Cassidy Is A Case Study In Public Health And Political Risk

Bill Cassidy’s Senate primary loss highlights the growing collision between public health and political survival — and offers ...
Becker's ASC

5 policies that could settle the battle between ASCs, physicians and hospitals

Healthcare costs have hit record highs over the last decade, driven largely by the expansion of large, vertically integrated health systems and the increasing cost of hospital operations. In an April ...