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Most employees who recently started buying their insurance through a private exchange report a fair amount of satisfaction with their choices, although whether that ends up saving employers and employees money still isn't clear.

As they try to get a better handle on population health management and member engagement, payers are increasingly looking to consumer-facing technologies for help, according to the latest report from Chilmark Research.

There have been many ideas proposed as solutions for reducing costly hospital readmissions, but one concept that hasn't gotten much attention over the years is patient empowerment.

Hospitals and managed care organizations in Rhode Island are set to take reimbursement cuts under the governor's proposed budget -- an untenable position, some say, as Medicaid expansion brings them more patients.

Business intelligence software can turn your life around - or ruin it. It all depends on how carefully you choose and how well you fold these tools into your overall strategic plan.

In 2013, insurance giant UnitedHealth Group saw revenues grow 11 percent but margins slip - a sign of industry pressures ramping up under health reform.

A new advocacy group launched in October may aid community health centers in obtaining affordable financing options for capital projects.

Small and medium sized medical groups are confronted with questions of survival on an ever-increasing basis.

Many states are innovating the way they perform enrollment to be more efficient and effective, both in the way they do business and in updating technical systems, whether they are expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act or not.

A key component to making value-based payment models work is getting physicians on board.