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New research suggests that accountable care organizations should make payments to patient-centered medical homes or take other steps to support them financially, since their goals are similarly transformative.

Healthcare finance professionals must better understand how value is delivered by frontline providers, and simultaneously offer providers business insight, said an expert on nursing management at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's ANI 2014 conference in June.

Many small, rural hospitals have struggled financially in recent years. But one critical access facility in Nebraska has discovered a means to financial stability and beyond.

Hospitals are one of the most expensive commercial structures to build, with median construction costs for mid- and large-sized facilities hovering at around $300 per square foot.

There are arguably more factors impacting the healthcare revenue cycle today than at any other time in history.

There's been a lot of talk about compliance lately. Federal and state regulations. HIPAA regulations. But, if you're in charge of healthcare security, compliance is far from sufficient, according to one large insurer.

Cost targets that haven't been achieved, quality metrics that stay put, write offs that won't go away … sound familiar?

When a health system deepens its ties with local employers, everyone in the community benefits.

One key to putting together strong financial projections for healthcare projects is taking time at the outset to consider the design.

Hospitals confront extraordinary challenges in the aftermath of a natural disaster.