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Of the early Medicare accountable care organizations — those that joined the program before fall 2012 — just 46 percent involved a hospital, according to new analysis from The Commonwealth Fund.

Healthcare providers are buying heavily into new care initiatives, like accountable care organizations, bundled payments and risk-sharing contracts, but according to a new article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, these may ultimately be repeating past flawed strategies.

Three hospital finance leaders on how Medicaid will impact their organization this year.

Cincinnati-based TriHealth announced that it has purchased Hand Surgery Specialists, also based in Cincinnati.

More than 25 independent, small practices in the Mid-Atlantic region have come together to form the Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, an umbrella organization, according to a Washington Business Journal report.

More than 100,000 people deemed eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program through HealthCare.gov still remain unenrolled in those programs because of technical issues with the site, according to a report from The Washington Post.

National Nurses United, the largest nurses union in the country, has released new data outlining the 100 most expensive U.S. hospitals based on charges and costs.

Natural and man-made disasters have ravaged the United States, and the world, extensively during the past decade, and they have put hospitals' emergency preparedness to the test.

Mount Sinai Queens in New York announced the appointment of Edward C. Yang, MD, as chief of orthopedics.

Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles announced that Steve H. Yoon, MD, has joined its medical staff as a shareholder.