Read the lead article to learn how healthcare leaders across the country are approaching cost transformation, the important role of reconfiguring the portfolio of businesses and service lines in reducing overall costs, and three steps on how to get started on portfolio reconfiguration and rationalization at your organization.

Hospital-based and independent labs are increasingly challenged by depressed volume, declining payment rates, and disruptive innovation. These challenges and others are leading many laboratory and diagnostic services providers to explore mergers, acquisitions, and other affiliations as vehicles to gain greater scale and improve their competitive positions.

The US economic climate, unsustainable spending on healthcare, an evolving insurance market, technological advances, and increased healthcare decision making by Internet-empowered consumers accelerated the emergence of a new business model.

Outlined here are six practices that provider organizations should use in their assessment of any contract, whether risk-based or fee-for-service with pay-for-performance components.

Listen to the podcast: http://news.cuna.org/articles/113263-podcast-the-power-in-knowing Finance teams are asked for reports from across the credit union, from budgeting and performance...

Governance plays a central role as 2 CEOs join forces to form a broader system to take on today’s health care challenges Hospital and health system leadership teams may look to partner...

This week, four game-changing healthcare deals were announced within five days. Despite different characteristics, these deals demonstrate a common message: that a whole different level of scale is needed to survive and thrive in the new market realities of healthcare.

Given the number and magnitude of external pressures in higher education, the need for robust long-range financial planning is more critical than ever. In addition, Boards are increasingly asking for improved visibility into the longer-term financial trajectory of their institutions.

Effective post-merger integration requires a rigorous and systematic approach involving four key stages.

A patient's conversation with a hospital executive shows the remarkable power of listening to patients.

Population Health Management goals for patient populations include better health and better care, lower costs and improved access and outcomes. Read this article for a proposed leadership mindset that focuses on four imperatives to spur progress toward meeting these goals.