Healthcare Dive

5 days ago | healthcaredive.com | Sydney Halleman |Emily Olsen

Listen to the article 4 min Cuts to Medicaid under consideration in Congress could push already struggling rural hospitals further into the red, according to an analysis from the Chartis Center for Rural Health. If revenue from the safety-net program were cut by 15%, rural hospitals would lose more than $1.8 billion, according to the healthcare consultancy. That figure rises to over $2.4 billion if Medicaid revenues are cut by 20%.

1 week ago | healthcaredive.com | Emily Olsen |Susanna Vogel

Listen to the article 3 min A data breach at healthcare services firm Episource exposed information from 5.4 million people, according to a report submitted earlier this month to federal regulators. The company detected unusual activity on its computer systems in February, and an investigation found a cybercriminal had accessed and stolen some of its data, Episource said in a breach notification.

1 week ago | healthcaredive.com | Rebecca Pifer |Emily Olsen

Listen to the article 6 min A key trust fund underpinning Medicare's hospital benefit will go broke three years earlier than previously expected absent congressional action, threatening benefits for seniors, according to the Medicare trustees' annual report released Wednesday.

1 week ago | healthcaredive.com | Susanna Vogel

Listen to the article 5 min The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a highly anticipated ruling upholding a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors. The court voted 6 to 3, with the court's three liberal justices dissenting. Tennessee's law, SB1, prohibits providers from offering transgender patients under the age of 18 medical treatments like puberty blockers or hormone therapy for gender dysphoria.

1 week ago | healthcaredive.com | Rebecca Pifer |Emily Olsen

Listen to the article 6 min A nascent form of health coverage that creates an alternative gateway for employers to offer Affordable Care Act coverage to their workers is seeing rising uptake, especially among midsize to large employers. Adoption of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, or ICHRA plans, rose 34% from 2024 to 2025 among employers with 50 or more full-time employees, according to a new report from trade association the HRA Council.