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Healthcare payment structures are changing, but won't necessarily hurt healthcare system's finances.

The deal would add two new affiliated hospitals to Northwestern, one of the largest systems in the region.

Healthcare financial planning is more complex than ever, evolving from a function-focused activity into integrated financial and operational planning that touches the entire organization.

Leaders like Banner Health, Montefiore explain what it took to succeed in the first ACO model, and look towards new programs that give them shared risk incentives for care quality.

Trend has driven up stock prices of the largest publicly traded travel-nurses companies.

The move could affect 3,500 UPMC employees who are at least 60 years old and have 10 years on the job.

Operating income across Pennsylvania's 35 for-profit and 135 nonprofit hospitals decreased about 5 percent in fiscal 2014 from $1.8 billion to $1.7 billion, according to new data released by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.

The change will affect 10,000 workers, an estimated 7 percent of the 150,000 in the system's workforce, according to Ascension, the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health network.

Knowing when it's time to bring in outside help to improve the business is one thing, but with so many consultants to choose from, make sure you know what your organization wants.

While it's clear that second opinions can help individual patients make better medical decisions, there's little hard data showing that second opinions lead to better health results overall.