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Hospitals are doing what they can to get an edge, and to help, they're turning to chief strategy officers.

Physicians are worried about the future. Some are downright pessimistic.

In Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It, ($25, Rowman & Littlefield), authors Rosemary Gibson and Janardan Prasad Singh explore the ties that bind Wall Street and Washington and how that impacts the country's healthcare system. Gibson talked about the book with Healthcare Finance News.

By focusing on reducing early elective deliveries and hospital-acquired infections, a collaborative called Patient Safety First (PSF) has helped California hospitals avoid 3,576 deaths and more than $63 million in unnecessary hospital costs between 2009 and 2012.

Patient Safety First has helped California hospitals avoid 3,576 deaths and more than $63 million in unnecessary hospital costs between 2009 and 2012.

Hospitals, universities, Indian tribes, patient advocacy groups and local food banks were among organizations awarded $67 million in federal grants Thursday to help people sign up for coverage in new online health insurance marketplaces that open for enrollment Oct. 1.

Lean may be the biggest craze these days in creating efficiencies in hospitals and health systems, but some facilities are having success with a process that got its start at NASA.

The military's TRICARE program is aligning its reimbursement formula for sole community hospitals with Medicare, a policy that'll save an estimated $676 million through 2017.

As employees are expected to pick up more of their healthcare tab and healthcare benefits costs are rising for employers, a new survey assessing the state of HSAs finds that both groups contributed in record amounts over the last year.

Handing a small win to Affordable Care Act opponents, a federal judge is letting the Oklahoma attorney general sue to try to block the federal government's enforcement of the employer and individual mandates.