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Home health agencies can help hospitals reduce readmissions and control overall healthcare costs, according to a new study, but how effective these agencies are in meeting such goals largely depends on the quality of organizational support given to healthcare field workers.

The ranks of Medicaid are reaching record levels, giving payers and providers, especially, new opportunities.

The ability of accountable care organizations to meet the goals of improving care and lowering costs may be hindered by health IT obstacles suggests a new analysis.

The use of long-term incentives at integrated health systems has doubled in the last two years, according to a compensation assessment of health systems and hospitals.

Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending Sept. 26, 2014.

New research suggests that socioeconomic factors can account for most of the geographical variation in Medicare spending. As a result, larger socio-demographic issues must be considered when assessing the quality of care offered by healthcare providers.

The backlash against narrow networks continues, as more displeased individual health consumers take their grievances to the courts of law and public opinion.

In bundled payments, where once there was so much promise, there is now conflicting evidence.

Hospitals are projected to save $5.7 billion this year as previously uninsured patients gain coverage through the 2010 health care law, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.

The ranks of Medicaid keep growing, and at record levels. But while that's good news for hospital systems' uncompensated care budgets, there are still challenges.