An unusual November cold snap may have contributed to an early outbreak of the flu in the Golden Triangle, mirroring trends happening across the nation, medical professionals say.

Sandy Holman can’t stop talking. An ER nurse manager at Baptist Golden Triangle, Sandy holds a particular passion for training within industry (TWI), which propelled her to an international stage in The Netherlands.

In a Thursday letter to Congressional leadership, 99 House Democrats urged members of the Senate and House to reject what they allege to be a highly partisan funding bill for the Children’s Health Insurance Program and instead work on a bipartisan solution.

Congress is unlikely to pass a multi-year funding solution for the Children’s Health Insurance Program until January, according to House GOP leadership sources. But it will continue to pass temporary measures to make sure states get the funding they need until then. Between the lines: Federal CHIP f…

The overlooked and devastating virus is spreading among injection drug users, especially in the Appalachia region.

Price hikes push health insurance shoppers into hard choices

American children’s mental health is worrying experts, with one in five kids suffering from a diagnosable mental, emotional or behavioral disorder.

Some glitches seen in deadline week for ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups

The group’s proposal would base measure reporting on claims data, rather than criteria tracked in EHRs under meaningful use.

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members reportedly expressed unanimous support for a plan to transition to a new post-acute payment system beginning in 2019 at a meeting last week.

One of the nation’s largest senior advocacy groups is warning lawmakers of the “lasting impact” of Medicare cuts that would be potentially included in the GOP’s final tax reform bill.

Unless Congress acts, the CBO says this bill will cause a sequestration.

ObamaCare’s “Cadillac tax” has emerged as a sticking point in bipartisan negotiations over delaying certain health-care taxes before the end of the year.

Congress has failed to come up with any funding for CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program that covers 9 million kids.

Enrollment through HealthCare.gov closes on Friday, meaning it’s time for “The Surge” — the rush of applications that usually coincides with big enrollment deadlines. Total sign-ups are lagging well behind previous years. If that gap is going to close even slightly, it’ll be this week’s surge that c…