Consumer Driven Health Care

Lifting visiting hour restrictions can affect patient health and healing, a study shows.

Arkansas accepts federal Medicaid dollars but uses them to buy people coverage on the state-run private insurance exchange--but the latest governor, Asa Hutchinson, is seeking approval for more changes.

Deaths from heart failure are increasing after years of decline--but there are still racial and gender disparities.

Medicare patients receiving care at 1,300 critical access hospitals pay far more out-of-pocket than those treated at other acute care facilities, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows.

The good news is doctors are concerned about patients' opioid use--the bad news is they're not telling patients some important instructions regarding disposal of unused pills.

A recent study on telehealth says that it can help low-income families who otherwise wouldn't be able to take time off to get health care.