The initiative aims to increase the number of patients getting dialysis at home and could save billions of dollars.

Such plans are in their infancy, but they signal how frustration among consumers is putting pressure on federal and state officials.

Would decoupling health care coverage from the workplace actually benefit entrepreneurship?

Large employers have been steering workers to medical centers with proven track records, but Walmart may be the first to target imaging providers.

While hospitals are financially better off since the expansion, they have increased the costs they shift to commercial health plans.

The ruling blocks Kentucky from implementing the work requirements and Arkansas from continuing is program.

More non-profit hospitals are conducting wealth screenings to gauge which patients are most likely to be the source of large donations.

Medicaid health plans are starting to pay for non-traditional services such as meals and transportation--and even education.