Healthcare Finance Staff

"Credit monitoring for a breach of your identity data, medical or not, is like handing out umbrellas in a tornado." This is a fitting analogy, as healthcare is amidst a converging storm of cyber security; four forces fairly unique to other industries seem to plague the healthcare ecosystem at a confluence.

The nation's largest insurer is making leaps in the journey of consumer-driven healthcare, improving its digital offerings and investing in new member incentives.

"Is this doctor in my insurance network?" is part of the litany of questions asked when considering whether to see a particular doctor. Unfortunately, the answer may not be a simple yes or no.

In this video from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, William G. Sutton, CAE, President and CEO, presents the Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2015, designed to help businesses with their strategic equipment acquisition plans.

After decades of research showing at best mixed benefits, certificate of need programs are starting to look antiquated and deleterious in the age of consumer-driven healthcare.

Whether or not more co-ops falter, many insurers could learn from some of their goals and experiments, including in primary care.

After a weekend of Merlot, brie, oysters and chocolate (and maybe more snow), a sampling of the most prolific prose from an annual healthcare tradition: health policy valentines.

Medicare is looking for commercial insurance partners to join a multi-payer, physician-led effort aimed at "transforming" oncology and helping financing become more sustainable.

The predicted demise of health insurance brokers may have been premature. Industry veterans and entrepreneurs are carving out niches and expanding their roles in the new market.

Changes in open enrollments to come and evolving state and federal policies promise new uncertainties for insurers trying to soundly price their plans and retain membership.