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When examining the cost of product procurement, delivery and distribution within a health network, executives may only be considering about half of their total supply chain spend.

Although Accountable Care Organizations are still in nascent stages in many areas of the country, a few large provider groups are ahead of the curve, getting into the nuts and bolts of how these alliances should exist, operate and perform.

Keeping a hospital's revenue cycle healthy while transitioning to outcome-based quality payments requires both a "hard" and "soft" approach.

The Affordable Care Act has created some new realities for hospitals when it comes to billing and collecting from patients.

With so many pressures to contend with, physician practices are scrutinizing their performance perhaps more than ever.

In years past, many hospitals didn't think twice about buying new property as an investment in the future, confident that they would eventually see a return on their investment.

The financing of healthcare is moving away from volume and toward value.

In the past year, several large insurers have hired executives from outside the industry, seeking to bring in new skills and perspectives to help improve the experience for customers increasingly demanding more price transparency and convenience.

Although they're not expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, Texas, Florida and other states are expanding managed care.

A group of chiropractors went to war with the Blues and it seems they've won, successfully using a novel legal theory that now has lawyers setting their sights on other large insurers.