health care

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a new formula for its Medicare Wage Index that could lead to $121 million dollars a year for central New York hospitals.

Healthcare workers across the state are advocating for more funding in hospitals and nursing homes. State Sen. Rachel May joined union members in Syracuse on Wednesday.

A local company says it’s breaking down barriers and changing the way people receive health care.

As budget talks drag out in Albany, advocates for health care continue pressing lawmakers to make sure there is money for upstate hospitals. But even with a decline in COVID numbers, the staffing problems in hospitals persist.

The announcement, which effectively reverses a Trump-era rule, springs from last summer's landmark Supreme Court decision banning employment discrimination against LGBTQ people.

An insurance regulation known as "the birthday rule" is tripping up couples who are putting their newborn children on the wrong policy and risk losing thousands of dollars.

Medical services in small Northwest towns are stretched to the limit with shortages of qualified workers and PPE, CARES Act funds running out and hospitals at or near capacity.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to strain U.S. hospitals in certain places, while the burden is easing up in other areas. Look up your local hospital to see how it's faring.