The insurer is expanding its narrow network into new markets by 2019, CEO Bob Sheehy says.

There is a confluence of factors leading to widespread closure of rural hospitals, including demographics, government policies and community challenges.

Hospitals have to align expectations and user constraints with adding new capabilities to make the most of large software expenditures.

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.

The trend even includes Medicare bad debt, which results when hospitals exhaust efforts to collect from beneficiaries and must be paid back.

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

Pilot test kicks off plan to establish armed guards at all Northwell hospitals within the next year as the system responds to staff demand, increase in workforce violence.

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.

New research found that 80 percent of the 103 clinical department heads at six major teaching hospitals are men, and almost 90 percent are white.

Misaligned perceptions about the usefulness of quality metrics and technologies are also inhibiting the progress, Quest Diagnostics says.

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.

The Florida investment was the largest, but hospitals and systems continue to pump money to improve and expand their facilities.

Of those payments, about $4.7 billion were related to research while $2.8 billion were non-research payments.

While they agree with certain proposals, they take issue with others, as stated in letters the groups sent this week to HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

The New York City health system created a program focusing on housing homeless patients that has already reaped big rewards.

Unlike a traditional ACO, providers can earn rewards for value-based performance but are not charged membership or service fees.

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.

The time when insurers could enroll a member and be done with engagement is as old as ATMs.

The health system has gone through its share of ownership changes, and at one point was attached to the controversial Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD.

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 program outperforms the fee-for-service version when it comes to higher rates of preventive screenings, fewer avoidable hospitalizations and fewer emergency room visits.

Winning empowered consumers has become critical at a time when patients are demanding more in response to rising costs.

A full 87 percent of those surveyed listed pharmaceutical and biotech companies as having the biggest impact on the cost of healthcare.

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

Engaging everyone in a risk management mindset can transform a healthcare organization into a more successful and competitive entity.

American Hospital Association asked Congress to boost funding for rural telehealth, broaden their definition of rural and lift limitations like expanding the types of technology allowed.

AG Maura Healey wrote a letter to the state Health Policy Commission citing price, care access, competition concerns.