Jeff Lagasse

New research found that the length of time after which a patient returns to the hospital reveals a lot about where things went wrong and highlights the need for hospitals and clinics to work together.

The program outperforms the fee-for-service version when it comes to higher rates of preventive screenings, fewer avoidable hospitalizations and fewer emergency room visits.

The sector just finished the highest first half of any year since 1995.

A full 87 percent of those surveyed listed pharmaceutical and biotech companies as having the biggest impact on the cost of healthcare.

The health system has gone through its share of ownership changes, and at one point was attached to the controversial Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD.

A full 92 percent of healthcare consumers surveyed said that improving customer experience should be a top strategy this year and a crop of vendors are emerging to meet that demand.

After adjustments for race, poverty level and other factors, plans serving the highest proportions of disadvantaged populations improved considerably in the rankings.

Less than half, 48 percent, of all drug coverage decisions are consistent across the majority of health plans, findings showed.

The authors say it's the first research of its kind that examines the prevalence of burnout in practices of five physicians or fewer.

Along with CEOs, many chief operating officers and chief nursing officers were also hired, making for a busy month.