Anthony Brino

One of the nation's largest health systems is struggling with its new health insurance business, leading to the first financial loss in 15 years, and adding to other uncertainties.

Poverty continues to have an effect on repeated hospitalizations -- a situation that threatens to cost health systems in higher Medicare readmissions penalties if post-discharge plans are not established.

Cooper University Health Care is poised to expand its footprint in Camden, New Jersey after scoring a $39.9 million tax deal from the state.

Despite the many Medicare reform initiatives the ACA is sweeping in, Republican leaders in Congress say there are just as many areas of Medicare that are broken, chaotic and in need of change.

Financial incentives continue to lead more healthcare providers to adopt electronic health records, according to a data brief from the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

National health spending is growing at the slowest rate since the federal government began tracking the trend in 1960, a welcome change to policymakers after decades of inflation. But is the slowdown a sign that healthcare spending rationalization is taking hold?

The long-standing problem of hospital-acquired infections, adverse events and medication errors is improving, new data suggest, although 1 in 25 hospital stays still comes with an infection.

The case for collaboration in accountable care networks is getting a boost in the Puget Sound (Wash.) region.

An Arkansas Medicaid expansion policy may be threatened as new leadership heads to the state capital, despite early reports that show the program is benefiting low-income patients and hospitals alike.

As Medicaid enrollment tops 68 million in 2014, health systems are testing out new financing and delivery systems to handle the financial risk and reimbursement issues stemming from the surge.