Strategic Planning

When 14 New Jersey hospitals took part in an initiative to improve overall efficiency in their operating rooms and emergency departments, they didn't expect to boost revenues and cut costs. But that's what happened.

A group of federally-qualified health centers in the Minneapolis area has broken the mold by creating the first safety-net ACO.

As providers move slowly toward value-based models, board structure and governance practices are aligning to the new business paradigm. But they still have a long way to go, particularly in the areas of diversity and governance processes.

If we have learned anything from the HealthCare.gov debacle, it's that managers need to choose their IT advisors wisely.

America's physicians are a frustrated lot -- fed up with long hours, increased regulations, and changes in reimbursement practices. As a result the healthcare industry is scrambling just to keep up when it comes to physician hiring.

Healthcare prices in October 2013 rose 0.9 percent above October 2012, the lowest reading in 50-plus years, according to a recent brief from the Altarum Institute.

If mHealth entrepreneurs and investors want to take the burgeoning industry to the next level, they're going to have to change their focus, said experts kicking off the 2013 mHealth Summit.

Northern Michigan's Munson Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan are venturing into the developing world of new payment models by launching a value-based hospital reimbursement agreement.

LifePoint Hospitals, headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., acquires the struggling Bell Hospital and forms a joint venture with Portage Health.

In theory, if an investment has high societal value, there should be a way to reward the investor and still leave society better off. Investments that improve health tend to produce significant potential cost offsets.