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Opportunities still exist within the healthcare supply chain for improvement and greater efficiency of operations. Lately, price alignment strategies appear to be at the forefront as the newest hope for cost containment.

Large national insurers have gotten lots of attention for investing in new technology and acquiring startups, but as it happens the Blues are making some of the biggest waves in the digital health space.

A new Republican majority focused on curbing regulation may give the healthcare industry the opposite of what most are looking for: uncertainty. Or they could turn to a fairly simple option to help the stakeholders long resistant to ICD-10.

The California-based nonprofit health system and HMO Kaiser Permanente is hustling and bustling this year.

Although CMS paused the RAC audit program in March, hospitals must remain vigilant. The agency has promised a new round of recovery auditor contracts will be awarded before the end of 2014.

DaVita HealthCare Partners, a provider of kidney dialysis services, is making a move into primary care, and has announced a joint venture with a hospital company in Colorado and Kansas. Some say the firm might be trying to create a model for Medicare to follow.

Public exchange shoppers will have more choices this open enrollment period, and in some places, they're being courted with affordability, as insurers try to draw both first-time buyers and membership from rivals.

Third quarter financial results indicate that Kaiser Permanente, the giant California-based nonprofit health system, continues to gain strength.

Defying expectations, the court announced last week it has agreed to hear a case that challenges the heart of the Affordable Care Act: subsidies to help people pay their insurance premiums.

Pre-reform underwriting approaches for speciality medications like HIV/AIDS drugs are not going to fly in the new health insurance market, as regulators and patient advocates intervene to challenge a range of practices.