On CommonSpirit Health's first-quarter 2020 investor call, analysts pressured executives to explain when the health system would make progress on its $2 billion savings goal, half of which is expected to come from merger synergies.

Total healthcare spending hit $3.6 trillion in 2018, accounting for 17.7% of gross domestic product.

Although the healthcare industry has made significant progress toward paying for value, those arrangements aren't moving the needle on cost and quality, a new report shows.

Hospitals claim HHS doesn't have the power to make them disclose the rates they negotiate with insurers. But the Trump administration and some healthcare experts think they're just looking out for themselves.