Calling the health systems rival competitors in Utah, the Federal Trade Commission has brought an administrative complaint and a lawsuit in federal court to block the proposed merger between HCA Healthcare and Steward Health Care System. The agency said the deal would eliminate the second and fourth largest healthcare systems in the Wasatch Front region, […]
The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, or Medicare Part A, which helps pay for services such as inpatient hospital care, will be able to pay scheduled benefits only until 2028, according to a new report from the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. While that’s two years later than was originally reported last […]