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Patient advisory councils often serve as sounding boards for hospital leaders -- offering advice on a range of issues.

One issue driving the change: 30.7 percent of insured consumers said that the cost was lower than another source of care.

The market for physician assistants is booming, according to a new report, though earnings vary across specialties.

Proposal also means 19 hospitals now listed as rural would be converted to urban, losing their 14.9 percent payment adjustment.

Good communication between hospitalists and primary care physicians at the time of discharge is critical to patient safety and to the reduction of risk. Unfortunately, this communication has historically been “one way” in the form of a discharge summary.

High-deductible health plans and soaring prices for a new generation of drug therapies making paying for care harder than ever.

The integration will give providers additional expertise as they navigate ICD-10, meaningful use, population health management, privacy and security, revenue and cost management and analytics.

Recent rankings by Healthgrades and Truven claim to list the best hospitals in the country for measures such as quality, safety, patient experience and financial management, yet only one made all four.

Recent purchase of MedExpress gives major boost to insurer's business for walk-in, low-acuity treatments and well as health and wellness services.

CEO Ram Raju wants to grow the health system's patient base to 2 million people and double the enrollment of its Metroplus health plan.