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Areas in which a few health insurers are concentrated can put independent physicians or small practices at a disadvantage because they don't have the muscle to negotiate from a strong position with the dominant payers, the American Medical Association said in a report.

One of the most difficult goals of health reform is price transparency -- and one of the biggest uncertainties is whether more transparency will necessarily lead to higher value.

More throughput for ERs means more dollars for a hospital's bottom line.

Now that the health insurance exchanges and other parts of the Affordable Care Act are being rolled out, providers, payers and other organizations are eyeing what it will take to keep making progress in 2014 and beyond around health reform.

Gov. Dannel Malloy said the rollout of Obamacare in Connecticut has been a success -- but it would be a bigger success if the federal health marketplace weren't doing so badly.

Payer audits are a major issue for providers these days, as everyone wants to collect and retain every dollar possible. What are some audit-related anxieties you have encountered in recent months?

What are some of the critical issues for third-party medical billing companies 
as we approach the final quarter of 2013?

A handful of studies released in the last year regarding nurses demonstrate the important role nurses play in quality of care and healthcare delivery.

You recently rejoined the private equity world after a number of years working in the national healthcare policy arena. Why did you re-enter private equity and what are some of your investment goals with Consonance Capital Partners?

The compensation of healthcare CEOs is always an attention getter, partly because what goes into a compensation package often seems murky from the outside looking in.