Staffing companies that serve hospitals are particularly vulnerable as emergency department volumes decline and health systems develop predictive tools to better measure demand.

Kaiser disputed Queen's alleged assertion that it would bill Kaiser members who receive emergency care at the Hawaiian health system if Kaiser does not pay all the billed charges.

Revenue growth overtook cost control as executives' top priority, according to an Advisory Board Co. survey of 90 C-level executives.

Quorum Health Corp. will sell Watsonville Community Hospital to Halsen Healthcare as it continues to shed hospitals to reduce its $1.2 billion in debt.

White was an executive vice president of Baltimore, Md.-based integrated health system LifeBridge Health, where he oversaw the not-for-profit's operations and hospital acquisitions.

The healthcare investment firm committed 10 years of support to the university to develop pharmaceuticals that treat patients' hard-to-treat and rare diseases.

Pharmacy benefit managers charge Massachusetts' Medicaid managed-care and commercial plans significantly higher prices for generic drugs than its actual cost, according to a new report.

Automation will displace as many as 1 in 4 jobs held by women across all sectors, but that will be offset by an increase in demand and productivity. Researchers advocate for more investment in development opportunities.

Merging health systems are weighing care quality, finances and community access as they debate rolling up certain business lines. But without proper due diligence, those decisions can backfire.

Providence St. Joseph Health partnered with Accenture, IBM and Deloitte to better manage its administrative services, an area that has typically vexed providers.

The Cincinnati-based Catholic health system looks to sell 51% of the equity in Ensemble Health Partners to Golden Gate Capital, netting $1.2 billion in cash proceeds.

The University of California at San Francisco declined to pursue a deeper partnership with Dignity Health following concerns of limits to services prohibited by religious directives.

The law that is meant to prohibit financial compensation for referrals has also impeded value-based care models.

As financial pressures push more physician groups to join larger systems, those that have remained independent claim they are better positioned to tackle value-based care.

The boards of both not-for-profit Illinois organizations reached an affiliation agreement in late April and the merger is expected to be completed on Oct. 1.