Of the 3,129 general hospitals evaluated in the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, 83 percent received a penalty.

Hospitals, in their quests to fill beds and expand, are allegedly recruiting specialists who will reliably refer patients for other tests and procedures.

Many consumers shopping for ACA plans are finding a pleasant surprise: premiums are sinking and choices are sprouting.

A poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation showed 7 in 10 people think insurance companies should not be permitted to deny coverage because of a person's medical history.

Nationwide, 29 percent of registered voters ranked health care as the most important issue for electoral discussion though it was far more important for Democrats than Republicans.

In what has become an increasingly common business arrangement, owners of nursing homes outsource a wide variety of goods and services to companies in which they have a financial interest or that they control.