Capital Finance Healthcare real estate remains attractive to investors Rent deferments will help some hospitals in the short term while the interest will make real estate companies whole by year's end. More...

Budgeting Benefits of a dynamic budgeting process With a labor-intensive budgeting process that provided little business value, OSF Healthcare decided it was time to be more flexible. More...

Claims Processing Payers work to meet interoperability deadline The majority of health plans say they do not feel ready to meet the new FHIR interoperability standards mandated by CMS. More...

Operations Cigna expands ACA footprint Expansion increases customer reach by 50% over last year, adding close to 80 new counties. More...

Ambulatory Care Med schools, teaching hospitals are 3% of GDP The institutions that were studied added more than $562 billion in value to the nation's economy in 2017, including direct and indirect economic impact. More...

Analytics HIEs in Colorado have lowered costs for inmate care The goal was to improve outcomes, reduce the recidivism rate and send inmates back into the communities with coherent care plans. More...

Meaningful Use CMS overhauls meaningful use as 'Promoting Interoperability' Administrator Seema Verma said changes to the program eliminate 25 measures and saves hospitals over 2 million hours of work and $75 million. More...