Fierce Healthcare

The company's growth strategy is focused on expanding its insurance plans, clinical footprint and specialty care services.

Following tens of thousands of workers' five-day strike, Kaiser Permanente and several unions are set to resume contract discussions on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23, with some member unions noting additional meetings later in the month.

Learn 4 reasons why strategic clinical management is vital to manage soaring pharmacy costs without sacrificing care.

Affordable Care Act subsidies remain a sticking point, though Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the president appeared more amenable to a compromise than other Republicans after hearing more about how delaying an extension would hit enrollees' premiums.

After pushback from prominent provider organizations, Aetna is easing a controversial "downcoding" policy for inpatient Medicare Advantage claims.

The five-year fund, intended to blunt statutory Medicaid funding cuts, will prioritize investment proposals that bring lasting benefits to rural health providers and tackle "the root causes of rural healthcare failure," officials said.