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Any provider who submits claims electronically can participate in acknowledgement testing.

Eskenazi Health, NorthBay Healthcare adds pools, fitness centers, even gardens, to new centers.

Medicaid managed care specialist Centene nearly doubled its quarterly profit, wrapping its arms around more and more members while adding fuel to rumor fires about the next wave of takeovers.

Nurses strike over pay and safety issues, despite recent high marks for safety among those hospitals.

Aetna is again showing that the new insurance market, along with the business of health reform, can be profitable.

The plan claims to give employers the potential to save up to 15 percent over Aetna's traditional broad provider network plans.

Baptist made money doing what used to be industry heresy: reducing patients' use of the medical system.

Qualitest survey found 28 percent of organizations said they have done any revenue impact testing with payers.

Majority surveyed by the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Global Healthcare Services Team, in conjunction with the Building Owners and Managers Association, said their hospital was seeking to own more medical office buildings, with outpatient surgery and health and wellness listed as top targets.

Scores suggest patients are far more likely to suffer infections, medical errors or other potentially life-threatening issues at the facilities.