Anthony Brino

Of all the health organizations working as Medicaid managed care plans, some provider-based plans are seeing financial gains, sometimes in places where traditional Medicaid HMOs are not.

After more than a year of dispute over continuing a contract, insurer and new health system-owner Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have reached a comprehensive transition agreement.

Over the last two decades, patients with chronic and debilitating conditions like arthritis, multiple sclerosis, cancer and immunodeficiency have seen improved treatment options thanks to specialty medications.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies are making progress in its transition from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement models.

Walmart is taking another, bigger step into the U.S. healthcare system that could prove disruptive to legacy providers locally and nationally.

Tenet Healthcare is seeing its situation improve, with growth in key metrics, more favorable payer contracts and a burgeoning services business unit.

As integrated healthcare becomes a central goal, the time may be ripe for mergers and acquisitions to get more interesting.

Community Health Systems' earnings are increasing after its latest (though not last) acquisition, sending its stock trading to an all-time high.

A Pennsylvania provider is suing a health insurance company for passing on its 2 percent reimbursement cut required by sequestration.

If physicians and health executives could design and build a new hospital with features they've long dreamed of, would the finances fall into place? One booming healthcare market is about to find out.