Hospitals

Prior authorization is a common tool used by health insurers for many tests, procedures and prescriptions. Frustrated by the process some patients and doctors want to elevate their denials for further review.

The multiyear agreement was reached just before the deadline. According to UnitedHealthcare, negotiations stalled due to a disagreement over Medicare Advantage and Medicaid contracts.

Nonprofit hospitals avoid paying taxes if they provide community benefits such as charity care. More states are examining that trade-off, scrutinizing the extent of hospitals’ spending on their communities.

The data, apparently taken from a location used to automate email messages, was made available by an “unknown and unauthorized party” on an online forum, HCA announced.

Doctors and pharmacists in Florida aren't strangers to diminished inventories. Here's a closer look at the current shortage and how the state is managing.

A federal appeals court Thursday cleared the way for eight South Florida hospitals to pursue a lawsuit against a health insurer over payments for emergency-room care.

The legislation has been praised by health workers. The Florida Hospital Association says the law will lead to safer working conditions and better patient care.

Nursing burnout is an existential threat to hospital is exacerbating the ongoing nursing shortage. Central Florida hospitals are addressing the issues in a number of ways.

HCA denies the union’s claims and says union protests tend to take place during collective bargaining to get attention.

Patrick Green has served as executive vice president of Yale New Haven Health, Connecticut's largest health care system.

Data show physical attacks on hospital personnel by patients, family members and others are on the rise, and that nurses are most likely to be the victims.

Wesley Chapel will soon have three general hospitals within a five-minute drive, part of a boom unleashed when the state dropped a requirement that companies obtain approval to open new hospitals. Where are they building? What are the effects?