Research indicates that rising healthcare costs continue to be a dominant concern in the U.S., and the unequal consequences of healthcare debt are evident in the findings, with nearly 20 percent of Americans reporting medical debt they do not think…

The U.S. Defense Department awarded $3 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine's Institute for Trauma Recovery.

About a third of Americans give the affordability of healthcare a failing grade, a new Gallup poll published Oct. 6 found. 

The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded four grants totaling $11.8 million to  Atlanta-based Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

A Massachusetts state opioid settlement panel plans to spend $15 million paying off student loans for substance-abuse counselors, and other healthcare workers who work with addicts, according to an Oct. 6 report from The Salem News.

LSU Health New Orleans was awarded $4.6 million to develop education and training to improve burn injury care before patients reach a hospital, according to an Oct. 5 news release.

Some hospitals are omitting prices from required disclosures, a new report from Patients Rights Advocate found. 

The Health Management Academy identified three major obstacles to revenue cycle management partnerships and how health systems can address them.

Several hospitals and health systems are trimming their workforces due to financial and operational challenges. 

North Wilkesboro, N.C.'s city board has voted against High Point, N.C.-based Bethany Medical Center's request to apply for state funding to support its new $3.6 million expansion project, Wilkes Journal-Patriot reported Oct. 5.