In preparation for reimbursement changes under the federal health reform law, California hospitals are reframing their financial models and seeking to treat fewer patients, the Los Angeles Times reports.

A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid more government intervention in how they practice.

Remember Healtheon, the dot-com company that was going to bring the hidebound health care industry into the Internet era? Well, it didn’t work out that way, and the best-known remnant is WebMD, a Web site for health information and news.

An effort that promises to broaden the definitions of mental illnesses is spurring a revolt among health-care professionals in the U.S. and the U.K.

Just 1% of Americans accounted for 22% of health care costs in 2009, according to a federal report released Wednesday.

Doctors and patients agree on many of the key issues facing the future of health care, a study to be released today shows, but that's where much of the agreement ends.

Veterans seeking mental health therapy at nearly a third of the Department of Veterans Affairs' hospitals must wait longer than the VA's goal of seeing patients in 14 days or less, according to a USA TODAY analysis of internal VA data.