For most hospital-owned physician networks today, management succession planning isn’t the issue. It’s having the right executive in the network management job in the first place. For years, while ...

It isn't news for anyone to suggest the most expensive hospitals may not be worth the money. A recent paper published in the journal Health Affairs, "Understanding Differences Between High- and ...

With the pressure to increase net income intensifying, hospitals are finding new urgency in the old saw, “every dollar counts.” No longer can health systems focus their efforts on optimizing their ...

It isn't news for anyone to suggest the most expensive hospitals may not be worth the money. But the recent hullabaloo over both narrow networks and hospital quality may be missing the forest for the ...

Dr. Steve Leffler, President and COO of the University of Vermont Medical Center, speaks during a roundtable on health care costs hosted by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in Burlington on May 31 ...

Mount Sinai Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners have signed off on a merger that would create New York City’s largest private hospital network, a move that could lead to higher prices for ...

At the beginning of January, four medical centers will be consolidated operationally and will start to operate as the Medica network.

A network of rural hospitals is being established in Wisconsin in an effort to share resources and expand patient access to care. The 10 member hospitals of what is being called the Wisconsin High ...