Minnesota hospitals may be paid anywhere from $6,186 to $46,974 for a knee replacement, raising questions about why the same procedures can have such wildly different prices within the same state.

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have found the implementation of an emergency department (ED) care coordination program could reduce costs and admission rates, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Analysts at A.M. Best have revised their outlook for the health insurance industry from negative to stable for 2018, saying the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange business that dragged down profits in 2014 and 2015 has improved thanks to rate increases and narrower provider networks.

Eight months after a signing a definitive agreement to merge, Edison, New Jersey-based systems Hackensack Meridian Health and JFK Health have finalized their combination into the largest health system in New Jersey.

One of the major shareholders in home health and hospice operator Kindred Healthcare has come out in opposition to its proposed sale to health insurer Humana and two private equity firms, arguing the proposed deal undervalues Kindred and there should be “no urgency to sell the company.”

While some of you, like us here at HealthExec, may have been enjoying a holiday break, healthcare news didn’t get a vacation. Here are five of the biggest stories you may have missed since clocking out just before Christmas.

According to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, measuring adherence to technology in electronic health (eHealth) evaluations is an underdeveloped and improperly applied concept.

Tenet Healthcare announced it’s looking to sell its business services subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions, and will aim to cut an additional $100 million in costs by the end of 2018.