Anesthesia Associates of Ann Arbor (Mich.) has sued Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health in state court, alleging the health system ignored non-compete agreements and improperly tried to hire away clinicians.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ended the first six months of 2019 with higher revenue and operating income than in the same period a year earlier, according to unaudited financial documents.

The VA is teaming up with the University of South Florida's Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in Tampa to create a "mini-residency" for women's health, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Internal documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times reveal Purdue Pharma officials considered manipulating keyword searches to direct web traffic away from a series of articles on the opioid crisis to a site called PurduePharmaFacts.com.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC's replacement Memorial Hospital in York, Pa., will open Aug. 18 as services begin to wind down at its predecessor, according to the York Daily Record.

Medical cost ratio, which measures how much of an insurer's revenue goes toward medical claims, is a number investors frequently scrutinize when analyzing an insurer's financial performance.

Six U.S. senators are seeking more information about CMS efforts to combat healthcare fraud, waste and abuse after a recent media report that followed the scam of a Texas personal trainer and detailed how such scams are possible, according to Vox.

Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise in the last week:

Hospitals and health systems across the country, big and small, are undergoing various efforts to implement a single EHR, and in many cases it's Epic.

Joette Derricks, a Baltimore-based healthcare compliance and revenue integrity consultant, shared three  tips with Medical Economics on how to prevent claim denials due to unmet "incident to" billing requirements.

St. Louis-based SSM Health and Denver-based Paladina Health have created a joint venture that will offer direct-to-employer primary care to businesses in the St. Louis region.

Financially struggling Vermont hospitals are asking state regulators to increase their patient revenue growth and the rate they charge insurers, according to VTDigger.

The Queen's Health Systems is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan alleging that the Honolulu-based nonprofit is unfairly billing patients, according to the Star Advertiser.

Kaiser Permanente named Prat Vemana the Oakland, Calif.-based health system's inaugural chief digital officer on July 29, with Mr. Vemana slated to begin his new role on Aug. 12.

Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health is addressing an error that resulted in about 800 patients being sent refund checks that were sometimes hundreds of dollars more than what they should have been, according to TribLive.com.

Pfizer is recalling two lots of Relpax, tablets to treat migraines, due to bacterial contamination concerns.

MyHealthTeams, a San Francisco-based startup developing social networks for people with chronic health conditions, announced on Aug. 15 an infusion of $9.44 million in Series B financing.

Health officials have reported a rise in severe lung injuries that could be linked to vaping in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, according to CNN.

Patients placed "off-service" in wards specializing in areas of care they do not require have longer hospital stays and a higher chance of being readmitted within 30 days of discharge, according to a study published in the upcoming Informs journal Management Science.

Congress should pass a proposed bill to improve healthcare access for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, wrote Jo Ann Simons, president and CEO of Northeast Arc, an organization serving people with I/DD, in an op-ed for The Hill.