Capital Finance
Strong performance partly attributed to Affordable Care Act business, which produced income for the first time in 2017.
The U.S. has substantially higher spending but worse population health outcomes than 10 other wealthy countries. New research finds the reasons are different than what many people think.
Americans average a whopping $9,403 per person in annual healthcare spending, which is much more than the per-capita health spending in other wealthy countries.
Current Optum CEO Larry Renfro will take over at the company's investment arm Optum Ventures.
These key performance indicators reveal a lot about whether turning to a third party will prove to be a worthwhile investment and yield an adequate return.
Mergers and acquisitions didn't necessarily help providers and labor costs remain a burden as downgrades go up.
The deal is the latest proposed consolidation to help control cost and stay competitive against Amazon, other players.
Such surgeries represents an opportunity for Medicare, and other payers, to spend healthcare dollars in a way that rewards high-value care.
MacNeal is now officially part of Loyola Medicine, a system that also is a member of Trinity Health.
System cited a $591 million increase in contractual allowances and provisions for bad debt as part of what impacted finances.