Strategic Planning

The hospital operator also upped its ownership stake in the services company.

Trinity Health is set to expand its risk-based care operations, announcing last week that it will partner with Heritage Provider Network to form accountable care networks linking Trinity’s 86 hospitals with the 37,000 physicians in league with Heritage.

Emory Healthcare chief executive John Fox will replace the retiring Gene Michalski.

Here's your chance to tell us what you or your organization expects to tackle in 2015, from upgrading revenue cycle software to capital investment to managing through the implications of healthcare reform.

The "medical home" concept has become counterproductive. It is muddling the debate about how to improve medical care without raising costs, and it is punishing primary care clinics.

Here's a look at some more recent headlines in the world of healthcare finance.

The agreement, effective Jan. 1, aims to give Humana Medicare Advantage members better care and lower costs at Aurora's health network.

Managed care organization Health Net Inc. said this week that it has formed an accountable care organization with John Muir Health, bringing together a network of medical centers and physicians to cover three counties in California.

Minneapolis-based health system Allina Health intends to work with Salt Lake City-based data warehousing company Health Catalyst on a 10-year initiative to build a new model for improving outcomes system-wide.

While many hospitals are wondering what their access to credit will be in the New Year, experts say little will likely change compared to 2014.