healthcare

It may not always feel that way, but only 20 cents of your dollar goes to insurers.

Employers are turning to independent companies to catch medical billing mistakes and overpayments and recover the money.

After years of trying different strategies, one private equity backed company has decided its best, and maybe only, option is to turn its 11 hospitals back into nonprofits.

The NIH's All of Us program could accelerate medical research — but its future depends on continued funding.

As the U.S. reshapes its foreign assistance strategy, countries receiving health funding are sharing access to medical information.

More-expensive energy has the knock-on effect of increasing the costs of goods and services.

Medicare reimburses Alabama at the lowest rate in the nation.

The Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened in 2020, with state-of-the-art facilities. It closed less than five years later because of financial hardship.

“It takes a certain personality to be a travel nurse,” said Emma Larson. “I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

Nebraskans will now need to meet new requirements to keep Medicaid. Advocates fear that many will lose coverage because of paperwork, not eligibility.