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A new report from the Health Performance Management Institute says employers should self-insure if they want to provide the most cost-effective health benefits to their employees.

Allscripts and Humedica have announced their collaboration on a next-generation, cloud-based clinical informatics platform designed to assist physicians and hospitals as they adapt to value-based reimbursement.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the $18.8 million in bonds issued on behalf of St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island to 'B' from 'BB-', although conditions may improve long-term.

National Health Investors has closed a $15 million purchase of four assisted living and memory care communities, totaling 183 units, in Louisiana.

Management Health Solutions, a Fairfield, Conn.-based provider of supply chain optimization solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems, has unveiled 2-Bin Mobile Supply Chain, a new software solution designed as an enhancement to the company's CartCount module.

Business intelligence may sound “techie,” but it really isn’t.

American Well, a Boston-based developer of telehealth programs for health plans and large providers, is setting its sights on physician practices.

The developer of a national over-the-counter healthcare benefits payment platform now being used for Medicare Advantage members has unveiled a new platform for Medicaid, giving the beleaguered state-run program a means of controlling costs and cutting waste.

A lot of talk these days has focused on transparency in government. Transparency in healthcare is important, too.

More than 60 percent of self-insured employers in the United States are expected to offer a consumer-driven healthcare plan this year. Many of them – and their employees – will need to know how to “shop” for healthcare services.