More and more doctors are trading their independence for a hospital paycheck. Some 55% of doctors now work for hospitals or health systems. That share has more than doubled in the last 12 ...

The program that allows veterans to see private doctors using Department of Veterans Affairs funding would get a 50% boost under a spending plan released by House Republicans on Wednesday. Overall, ...

Veterans could have expanded access to private doctors paid for by the Department of Veterans Affairs under legislation introduced by the GOP chairmen of the congressional committees in charge of VA ...

Everything about running a medical practice has been getting more expensive, especially in the last few years — salaries are up, rent is up, equipment and office supplies are up. “At the same time, ...

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) worries that if nothing is done to curb Medicare payment cuts to physicians, doctors will no longer be able to afford to run their own private practices. “We’re at a crucible ...

Every one of Washington’s 39 counties is now designated at least a partial “health professional shortage area” by the federal government, meaning there aren’t enough doctors overall, or in certain ...

Steward Health Care has reached a definitive agreement to sell its nationwide physicians network to a private equity firm for $245 million, in the largest asset sale since the system filed for ...

The Canadian Medical Association has called for a ban on payments for procedures long covered by public systems and is warning about contracting services out. By Ian Austen With perhaps 6.5 million ...

The Alberta government has tabled a bill that would open the door for surgeons to charge patients for privately-delivered procedures while keeping a foot in the public system and billing taxpayers.