Meaningful Use

Map and table shows the state-level incentive totals for meaningful use incentives from January 2011 to February 2015.

While Cleveland Clinic excels under Affordable Care Act mandates, other hospitals in the city have not.

Providence Health in the northwest and Novant Health in the southeast are pushing population health, high technology and other options that are creating value and improving care.

Advocates are grilling healthcare providers over the prices they charge patients for electronic or printed medical records, claiming some fees may even go as far as to violate HIPAA rules.

You can expect more credit downgrades than upgrades in 2015 among the country's nonprofit hospitals, Standard & Poor's announced this week, as expensive upgrades and pressures to convert to value-based payment systems continue to gnaw away at bottom lines.

A healthy revenue cycle is something for which every business strives, but it is especially important for healthcare organizations in the current industry environment, due to declining reimbursements, shrinking margins and evolving payment models.

Minneapolis-based health system Allina Health intends to work with Salt Lake City-based data warehousing company Health Catalyst on a 10-year initiative to build a new model for improving outcomes system-wide.