Healthcare Finance Staff

As proton cancer treatment centers expand, payers and providers may have to collaborate to expand the evidence base, to avoid the highly-expensive technology crowding out other investments.

Weill Cornell Physicians, Cornell University's physician group, has inked a new accountable care agreement with Aetna, intended to enhance care for approximately 9,000 of the insurer's commercial and Medicare members in New York.

A former Medicare administrator who helped nurture many of the Affordable Care Act's new Medicare regulations is bringing his experience to the private sector.

In branding, sometimes it's worth giving up old ideas and trying new ones, or at least transitioning to new messages when it seems they're not resonating.

What happens when the insurers who flooded exchanges and garnered the bulk of the membership increase their rates?

Health reform is creating a new impetus for regional payers and providers to collaborate on long-standing problems. Medicare is proving to be a good place to start.

UnitedHealth Group's big data venture is plying new waters in deals with several powerful healthcare institutions, trying to create value with one of healthcare's largest databases.

For the many health organizations trying out or diving into accountable care, there are some important ideas from abroad to consider during the next stages of design and evaluation.

Healthcare advocates for seniors are trying to stop a managed care expansion for the country's largest Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible population, in what could be a precedent for other states.

Americans living in rural areas will be a key target as insurers, states and nonprofit groups strategize how to enroll more people in exchange plans this fall.