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While the MSSP overall was a net cost to CMS in 2016, there is evidence that individual ACO performance may improve with experience.

Researchers analyzed the immediate cost of sequencing plus downstream spending six months after information was returned to physicians and patients and found that the potential to improve outcomes outweighs associated expenses.

The healthcare industry wastes $2.5 billion per year on ineffective therapy, according to researchers.

The U.S. has substantially higher spending but worse population health outcomes than 10 other wealthy countries. New research finds the reasons are different than what many people think.

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 brings big benefits to for-profit hospitals, Tenet Healthcare's chief said, after the organization updated its financial outlook for 2018.

Rising pension contributions, swelling labor and pharmaceutical costs are limiting cash flows.

Payers are sizing up the ledger technology for payments and claims processing, but one big area of growth could be next-generation personal health records.

Lawsuit alleged the insurer made patients appear sicker than they were in order to collect higher Medicare payments than it deserved.

CHS has been offloading hospitals for months now, with the current tally reaching 19 that have been or will be sold.

Most health insurance doesn't cover infertility treatments; IVF can cost $15,000 to $20,000 each try.