Reducing the constantly increasing cost of healthcare is at the top of the list for anyone purchasing healthcare. The problem is finding where to cut these costs and figuring out why they have been increasing over the years.

The physical network of healthcare—hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, etc.—can be integrated with the digital network of EHRs and interoperability platforms to improve care and reduce costs.

Prices seem to be going up for everything from gas to pencils, and the thing that is constantly rising in price is our healthcare.

Hospitals were paid about 8 percent less by Medicare Advantage plans compared to traditional fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement in 2009, 2011 and 2012, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Anthem may get its wish for a ruling by year's end in the antitrust case against its $48 billion acquisition with Cigna, as a new judge will preside over the case, potentially speeding up the trial process for the contested Aetna-Humana deal as well.

One of the two antitrust lawsuits against mergers of large health insurers would have to be reassigned to another judge if both were to be settled before the end of 2016, according to U.S. District Judge John Bates.

The antitrust trials on the proposed Aetna-Humana and Anthem-Cigna mergers could begin as soon as October or as late as February 2017, depending on whether the U.S. Department of Justice or the insurers get their way.

Patient monitoring systems have proven to provide a better quality of care to patents, but how much are these technologies saving in both time and money?