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John Clark, population health program manager at UNC Health Care, said direct employer contracts that eliminate intermediaries and can really help a health system contain costs. But the approach comes with some risks.

Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Network will employ IBM Watson's cognitive computing skills to help match cancer patients with clinical trials.

The global market for oncology drugs swelled to $107 billion in 2015, fueled by a steady surge of innovation and new therapies that flooded the market, a new study released by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics revealed.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is seeking $130 million from the government for payments owed for 2014, the insurer said.

Healthcare businesses added 46,000 jobs in May, standing out in a month where job growth slowed across most industries, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Eligibility for enrollment is being determined using pre-existing data from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, president of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, has come under scrutiny in reports that she was part of the National Football League's attempt to influence funding decisions at the National Institutes of Health.

As value-based reimbursement leads healthcare providers to dig deep for new technologies and create team structures to handle the switch, smaller providers are struggling to cover the costs.

Healthcare IT News and HIMSS are accepting topic and speaker proposals for Pop Health Forum 2016 scheduled for September 12-13 in Chicago.

Community Health Systems will divest 10 of its low-performing hospitals to reduce debt by approximately $975 million, Chairman and CEO Wayne Smith said during a recent earnings call.