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There's a great deal at stake in hospital sourcing and the management of medical supplies. A focus on lowering costs by standardized purchasing of drugs or devices can't come at the expense of compromising high-quality care.

The third largest U.S. retail company is partnering with a well-known integrated delivery system to evolve the primary care walk-in clinic, in a confident bet on retail health.

Americans working to improve their eating and activity habits often fail, and not for lack of investment by employers, insurers and wellness vendors. Despite, or perhaps because of those challenges, Cigna is taking another crack at the problem.

The nation's highest rated health plan is going through some growing pains and trying to make it to 2015 intact.

Nationally, the new individual exchange market seems competitive going into its second year, with a variety of plans and reasonable premium increases. At the local level, though, consumers may experience some havoc.

The former chief financial officer of a now-closed Texas hospital is one step closer to a potential five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wrongly claiming EHR incentive money.

The Affordable Care Act's online insurance exchanges launched this weekend with far fewer problems and less fanfare than last year. Many people qualified for federal subsidies that kept their monthly premiums well under $100.

As more new patients come into the healthcare system, savvy providers are seeing opportunities to develop better relationships with the hope that it will translate to greater bill collection success.

By most accounts, the federal marketplace that handles enrollment for 37 states is running well, but there are still uncertainties, notably millions of confused American consumers. 

For many Americans, the ACA open enrollment period offers them an opportunity to have health insurance for the first time. But for hospitals and healthcare organizations, ACA open enrollments create financial and operational challenges.