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Here's your chance to tell us what you or your organization expects to tackle in 2015, from upgrading revenue cycle software to capital investment to managing through the implications of healthcare reform.

The "medical home" concept has become counterproductive. It is muddling the debate about how to improve medical care without raising costs, and it is punishing primary care clinics.

The agreement, effective Jan. 1, aims to give Humana Medicare Advantage members better care and lower costs at Aurora's health network.

Managed care organization Health Net Inc. said this week that it has formed an accountable care organization with John Muir Health, bringing together a network of medical centers and physicians to cover three counties in California.

For-profit hospitals have had a good run recently, and according to credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings that growth is slated to continue … for now.

While median wages for personal care aides were mostly flat in 2013, the hourly pay these healthcare workers earn varies widely when comparing state to state.

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Walgreens said it is cutting ties with two accountable care organizations, though the nation's largest pharmacy chain has also launched a new partnership on the West Coast to help manage ACO patients.

When Healthcare Finance last year asked experts to name the top industry trends, they selected insurance exchanges, mergers and acquisitions, new payment models, and technology. Things don't look much different in 2015.

The move comes nearly two weeks after the politician said he was exploring the possibility of running for president in 2016.