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While they agree with certain proposals, they take issue with others, as stated in letters the groups sent this week to HHS Secretary Alex Azar.

Winning empowered consumers has become critical at a time when patients are demanding more in response to rising costs.

Health and Human Services officials said that regulations such as Stark Law and HIPPA are acting as roadblocks on the path to value-based care.

There is a confluence of factors leading to widespread closure of rural hospitals, including demographics, government policies and community challenges.

What looks like a nightmare for hospital finance executives is also an opportunity to reduce excessive losses typically associated with such claims.

Organizations are each expanding services to address non-medical factors that can have a significant impact on individual and population health.

Growing digital transformation, as well as increasing adoption of web-based services over conventional analog devices, is fueling demand for more modern technologies, according to research reports.

New research found that 80 percent of the 103 clinical department heads at six major teaching hospitals are men, and almost 90 percent are white.

New data from states including Tennessee and Connecticut highlight the importance of helping sustain community well being.