Modern Healthcare

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Most of the systematic change has to be done in each community, with the federal government providing the financing. There's not a silver bullet.

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More than a quarter of adults in the U.S. experience some type of behavioral health disorder in a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hospital systems have begun in earnest to shift more of their capital spending to outpatient facilities to provide more cost-effective and convenient settings for consumers.

Healthcare CEOs are hiding behind industry lobbying groups instead of publicly using their power to push for changes in the Republicans' healthcare reform bill.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that 23 million people would lose health coverage by 2026 under the American Health Care Act.

Kaiser Permanente features basketball star Steph Curry in a new mental-health ad campaign that illustrates how even the Golden State shooting phenom must overcome doubts about his game. Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest Integrated health system, has made mental-health awareness a priority this year as It seeks to promote the total health of the Individuals and communities It serves, according to Chairman and CEO Bernard Tyson. Earlier this year, Tyson sat down with Southern Bureau Chief Dave Barkholz in San Francisco, just across the bay from Kaiser Permanente's Oakland headquarters, to discuss mental health, the social determinants of health and Kaiser Permanente's always-active expansion strategy...

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For the most vulnerable, chronically ill among us-many of whom cope with behavioral health challenges and struggle to secure housing, food or transportation-the journey to receive the care they need can be daunting.

Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Witness how the pharnaceutical industry has succeeded in taking advantage of President Donald Trump's failure to do something-anything-about high drug prices.

The need for scale and space is accelerating tie-ups between hospital giants.

True interoperability remains just out of reach, as data stay trapped in documents.

Anthem is on the hunt for a new PBM in a highly consolidated industry that doesn't switch partners often.

Companies face significant legal, financial and PR pitfalls when patient-safety issues arise.

Despite a year of uncertainty and tumult, most of the CEOs at eight of the largest publicly traded insurance companies got a pay raise in 2016.

Hospital groups say they don't have the financial resources to implement bundled payment models.

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In Chicago's uber-competitive healthcare landscape, academic medical centers have been forging new alliances at a staggering rate, especially as they eye growth in the surrounding suburbs. In March, Rush University Medical Center, situated in Chicago's predominately low-income near West Side, and suburban Rush-Copley Medical Center formalized a 30-year affiliation by joining together under a new banner: Rush. Michael Dandorph, president of Rush University Medical Center, will take the helm as president of the newly formed system...