Few healthcare processes feel more entrenched than prior authorization — the insurer approval protocol that’s become shorthand for delays and red tape that complicates care and goodwill between ...

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente recorded an operating income of $1 billion (3.2% operating margin) in the second quarter of 2025, up from $908 million (3.1% margin) during the same period last ...

An Aug. 8 shooting on Emory University campuses in Atlanta and in front of the CDC’s Roybal campus has left one police officer and a suspected shooter dead. David Rose, an officer with the DeKalb ...

President Donald Trump delayed the return of steep tariffs on Chinese goods, signing an executive order that pushes the deadline back by 90 days, CNBC reported Aug. 11. The tariffs were set to revert ...

A surgeon from the Heart Hospital of Austin (Texas) at St. David’s Round Rock became the first in the U.S. to use a carotid artery stent outside of clinical trials. The device was used in July by the ...

A study has found that prescribing semaglutide in everyday clinical settings led to modest but meaningful improvements in cardiovascular risk alongside a rise in non-drug healthcare costs. The study, ...

The FDA confirmed the nationwide shortage of sodium chloride 0.9% injection, or IV saline, has officially ended. The IV saline shortage, which has affected hospitals and clinics across the country, is ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 7 that gives political appointees oversight of all federally funded grants. The order aims to ensure award decisions undergo “more rigorous ...

Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Los Robles Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, was among the top 10 sites for patient enrollment in a clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety ...

Tracy Griffin has been named chief information security officer at Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health. In this role, Ms. Griffin will oversee the health system’s vision and strategy to ensure ...

Epic has designated NESA’s virtual care platform as the first inpatient virtual care solution in its toolbox, effective Aug. 11. The platform has met Epic’s standards for inpatient integration and ...

CMS assigned one-star Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings to 229 hospitals in 2025. Every year, CMS assigns star ratings to U.S. hospitals based on 46 hospital quality measures, which are divided ...