Spurred by the sharp rise in email messaging during the pandemic, a growing number of health systems have started charging patients when physicians send replies to their messages.

KP's physicians would be involved in developing a "platform" to offer Geisinger and other health systems its value-based care expertise, including in design of care models, pharmacy practices, consumer digital engagement.

Eliminating noncompete contracts would allow doctors to practice wherever their services are needed, which would improve patients' access to care.

Since the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to abortion in June, Dr. Kim Puterbaugh says these cases put her and doctors like her in an impossible position

The new Democratic majority on the FTC has signaled that it not only will be looking at traditional mergers among hospitals and other health care providers but also is interested in some legal theories of antitrust enforcement that have been less frequently used.

Experts agree that the creation of huge conglomerates and hospital networks has driven up U.S. medical costs.

Making top-quality care accessible at out-of-state children's hospitals has long been problematic for families, providers and Medicaid programs.

A Texas federal judge seems open to ending the requirement that preventive services like mammograms are provided free of charge.