Strategic Planning

Walmart's multifaceted march into healthcare has included its Care Clinic models and a proposed merger with insurer Humana.

What makes an investment bank and a conglomerate real estate company interested in the healthcare space, and what do they have to offer there? JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon shed some light on that question, not to mention the question of what exactly this venture will do, in a letter to shareholders published last week as part of the bank's annual report.

House Speaker was a long-running opponent to the Affordable Care Act and his departure raises questions about how Republicans will approach healthcare moving forward.

The transition is one careers will be built on, if health executives align their delivery systems properly, deploy analytics, and maintain a strategic focus.

New research suggests an evolution in the way health plans think about patients increasingly as consumers.

Inaccurate claims and EHR data cost the healthcare system $6 billion annually. That means hospitals have a big opportunity to save $1.5 million each by improving matching practices.

The system committed to allocate $2 million toward launching a collaborative task force on reducing firearm injuries and conducting research into the most effective tactics that it will make publicly available.

From an Epic install, a drop in patient volumes and Hurricane Harvey, MD Anderson's chief financial officer explains reveals how the system overcame financial hurdles.

'One truth will be available to all and ultimately to the payer as well,' says healthcare expert.

MA star ratings improvements can help plans expand their share of an increasingly saturated market.