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Partnerships between retail pharmacies and various health systems may benefit hospitals as well as patients.

The Affordable Care Act's rate review is turning out well for consumers, according to the federal government, and although insurers may not be stoked about the new administrative work, it doesn't seem to be scaring them away.

The healthcare industry is notorious for being slow to adopt IT. A new study indicates that this slowness -- especially for up-and-coming forms of technology -- may hamper business growth.

Over the last decade, labor unions have had many successes gaining ground within the healthcare industry. In the coming years, the industry will see more of the same.

A shrinking number of Medicare Part D drug plans is set to bring beneficiaries some more low-cost choices, but also some potentially confusing benefit designs.

Venture capital money is pouring into mHealth technologies, and much of that funding is going to support technology that benefits providers.

Federal trade regulators have proven their willingness to go after hospital consolidation. Now, they're raising some new concerns about an up-and-coming insurer strategy.

Convincing electronic health record-reluctant physicians to get on board may have just gotten a little harder. That's because a technical glitch in the reporting system of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' meaningful use program may cost physicians millions of dollars in penalties.

As risks in healthcare get more significant and complex, vigilant monitoring must be a highly deliberate process requiring oversight by a cross-functional team within a hospital.

With enrollment at an all-time high and only increasing, state Medicaid programs and the health plans they contract with need to prioritize a few key areas of the beneficiary experience.