Not-for-profit hospitals may have already reached their financial peak, according to an analysis from Fitch Ratings. Lower operating margins and lower reimbursement payments are causing many hospital systems to rethink care delivery, but not all providers are able to meet the challenges head on, particularly in a period of mass consolidation.

GE Capital, the financial services division of GE, has sold is Healthcare Equipment Finance business to TIAA Bank for $1.5 billion.

Another regulator has cleared the way for the $69 billion deal between CVS Health and Aetna, as California approved the deal—with conditions.

The market for AI healthcare IT applications is expected to cross $1.7 billion by the end of next year, according to a report by Forbes.

Healthcare executives and organizations are extremely confident AI will be the solution to several problems within the industry. They're so confident, in fact, organizations are expected to invest an average of $32.4 million each in AI over the next five years, according to a recent survey of healthcare executives.

Healthcare executives looking to the future understand that their organizations may need to disrupt the space and focus on cutting costs, according to a recent survey of senior leaders.

Expanded benefits could include paying for housing among Medicaid beneficiaries, according to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, who spoke about the impact of social determinants of health during a speech with the Hatch Foundation for Civility and Solutions on Nov. 14.

Humana and Kaiser Permanente were the two health insurance providers with the highest customer satisfaction scores, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Financial & Insurance Report 2018.