Site-neutral clinic payments, 340B drug program policy, adding procedures to covered list for ambulatory surgery centers, all hit hospital margins.

Understanding the root causes of financial hardship enables hospital executives to best pick which areas to improve first.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's charity CW+ is looking for startups or established companies with back office tech to either develop or tune for healthcare.

New data from states including Tennessee and Connecticut highlight the importance of helping sustain community well being.

Taking a disciplined approach to re-negotiating contracts with your top vendors enables hospitals to leverage power they might not know they have and achieve immediate results.

Hit especially hard were Massachusetts' community hospitals, with median operating margins plunging to 0.9 percent.

The top two priorities boil down to cost and consumerism has surged into the top 5 for 2018, mirroring industry trends.

AMCs show higher cost per case statistics and were hit with more penalties from value-based programs, survey says.

This is the second year in a row in which the index has found an increase in the potential industry savings that could be achieved with full adoption of electronic transactions.

What looks like a nightmare for hospital finance executives is also an opportunity to reduce excessive losses typically associated with such claims.

From direct contracting between employers and providers to campaigns aimed at reducing the stigma around mental health issues, employers are doing it for themselves.

Insurer is investing in at-home and hospice organizations and is focusing on senior primary care through Walgreens partnership.

More than 7 percent of the Medicare budget is spent on managing patients with end-stage renal disease.

Establish clear strategic goals and target a financial return, get the revenue cycle right, and motivate employees accordingly.

From New York to Salt Lake City, these are the hospitals and health systems investing money to improve their facilities -- or build new ones.

The conspiracy involving secret meetings resulted in higher prices for insurers, the government and consumers, the lawsuit claims.

Some stakeholders say short-term plans will destabilize ACA market, but these plans are not expected to divert consumers already enrolled, HHS officials say

Hospital giving certain patients a nutrition consultation, two-day supply of fresh produce and a prescription for two refills.

Administrator Seema Verma says it's time for ACOs to take on downside risk, in a proposal that would save Medicare $2.2 billion over 10 years.

The practice of palliative care is known to make patients more comfortable and now is proven to shorten hospital stays and lower costs.

The institutions that were studied added more than $562 billion in value to the nation's economy in 2017, including direct and indirect economic impact.

Analytics enable providers to make decisions based on vast amounts of data, resulting in savings.

Anderson will oversee innovation in a group that was formed from the practitioners of RWJBarnabas Health and the Rutgers Health Group.

Doctors need to carefully and properly use the HCC codes, which indicate the expected costs for a patient.

Administrator Seema Verma said changes to the program eliminate 25 measures and saves hospitals over 2 million hours of work and $75 million.

The 2018 benefit year will now determine risk adjustment payments to insurers, using the statewide average premium.

Researchers found that doctor's sentiment about patients still provides a dimension to decision making that machines cannot.

There may be multiple drugs on the market that have already been shown to be better than the standard, and drugs may even be approved without any comparisons.

Organizations are each expanding services to address non-medical factors that can have a significant impact on individual and population health.

With the median annual loss of nearly $450,000 due to theft many practices have plenty of room for improvement, new research from MGMA found.

Pharmacy giant now offering telemedicine services in 10 US states with nationwide expansion planned by year's end.

Investor Carl Icahn says he will vote against $54 billion PBM acquisition as being too high a price.