Stephanie Bouchard

Kaiser Permanente's longtime chief executive officer and chairman, George Halvorson, announced Thursday his plans to retire in December 2013. The nonprofit health system that he has helmed since 2002 is beginning a search for his replacement.

With an increasing demand for home care services, home care businesses have been springing up in communities across the country. And with the rapid expansion of these largely unregulated businesses questions about the industry's hiring practices have begun to surface.

With an increasing demand for home care services, home care businesses have been springing up in communities across the country. And with the rapid expansion of these largely unregulated businesses questions about the industry's hiring practices have begun to surface.

The Medical Group Management Association is holding its annual conference October 21 to 24 and this year it's in the big state of Texas. Here is our top 10 list (in no particular order) for making your conference a memorable one.

Maine is often regarded as being behind the rest of the country in a lot of things, but last August, it found itself experiencing a growing healthcare business trend dubbed "Big Med."

That the healthcare industry is broken and needs to be fixed is a message the general public has been hearing for years. The urgency of the country's healthcare situation has so far largely failed to penetrate, but several new documentaries may change that, and that's something those in the business of healthcare need to pay attention to.

According to a new analysis by the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), training standards for personal care aides (PCAs), one of the healthcare occupations that the federal government projects will grow by more than 70 percent between 2010 and 2020, are lacking across the country.

A skilled nursing facility in California was found to have engaged in unfair labor practices and has been ordered to rectify those practices.

How to get more medical students interested in primary care careers has been much discussed due to the primary care physician shortage and the spotlight the Affordable Care Act has placed on primary care. A new study provides insight into understanding what drives medical students away from careers in primary care.

Healthcare leaders in the city of more than 58,000, which is known as being a center of healthcare innovation, are once again demonstrating their initiative via a partnership aimed at making an integrated payment model for behavioral health and primary care financially viable.