Jeff Lagasse

Social spending has modest but detectable effects on population health, whether or not the spending primarily targets health.

Unfortunately, the delivery and financing systems for public health and social services are highly fragmented, Health Affairs says.

A 2013 study showed that charity care constituted only 1.9 percent of nonprofit hospitals' operating expenses.

For some, acquiring technology, building data infrastructure and hiring IT professionals to crunch the data is just too costly.

Tools like QLess allow patients to wait wherever they feel is convenient, and to come to the hospital when their number is called.

Model uses simulations to come up with strategies based on a host of desired outcomes.

Executive team should assess organization's strengths, weaknesses, growth opportunities in revenue and value, Deloitte says.

In a call with investors on Wednesday, CHS CEO Wayne Smith said the company expects to raise $1.2 billion through the sale of its hospitals and other assets.

The highest-paid physician executives on average earned $499,000, and served in emerging roles that include physician in chief, chief strategy officer, chief transformational officer, chief innovation officer and chief integration officer.

Clinicians will also be able to bill, and be paid, more appropriately when they spend more time with their patients.