So on one side of aisle, we have concerns over escalating costs, and how do we deliver better value, and yet on the other side, equally as important, we see stressing to make sure that those that are ...

Digital innovation must bring down healthcare costs, the American Hospital Association’s incoming board chair said. EHRs added expenses and “didn’t connect our clinicians to the patients,” Marc Boom, ...

For years, leaders within the health care industry and observers outside it have been saying that the U.S. system of delivering health care needs to move to a system that rewards health professionals ...

Among the many compromises in the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (PPACA) is the prohibition against using quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) for coverage, reimbursement or incentive ...

Healthcare costs in America are rising at unsustainable levels. The past two years brought the highest back-to-back cost hikes in a decade — and the trend shows no signs of slowing down as employers ...

A new government report estimates that the health care overhaul passed in March won't stem the country's ballooning medical costs. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ...

Will the Democrats' health reform bill reduce the deficit? According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, it will. The CBO estimates that over the first ten years, it will lower the ...