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If hospitals are required to record unique device identifiers (UDIs) in electronic health records, there will be a need for supply chain involvement. But what that involvement should look like--and when--is still unknown.

A $1.1 trillion Congressional spending deal approved Wednesday night includes millions for healthcare related services, but holds spending on programs tied to the Affordable Care Act.

A young adult generation with college debt, limited assets and an uncertain job market who rarely need to use the healthcare system should be prime customers for low-premium, high-deductible health plans. Not so, some data suggests.

A large handful of cooperative insurers created through the Affordable Care Act have lowered 2015 premiums in a bid to boost membership in their second year of operation, upsetting traditional insurers.

A startup health insurer trying to capitalize on digital services and simplicity is now offering members wearable devices and incentives for activity, another step in its bid to disrupt health insurance.

The era of consumer-driven healthcare puts the consumer in the driver's seat. However, the added responsibility can be daunting when you aren't sure where to go. They need guardrails.

California's second largest nonprofit insurer is using a strategic acquisition to enter a growing, but challenging sector of government-funded health plans.

Member self-service portals have become a must-have for healthcare payers. Members expect and demand them. Yet putting up a portal and just expecting members to use it is a fast track to failure and lost business.

Credit ratings agency Moody’s issued a negative outlook on U.S. nonprofit hospitals in 2015, as smaller hospitals continue to weaken amid changes to the industry.

Record low healthcare inflation does not seem to be trickling down to average middle income consumers with work-based insurance. If anything, more Americans may be questioning the value of their employer health plans amid wage stagnation.