While the progress is significant, CFOs must continue strategic cost discipline to sustain the turnaround.

At Cedars-Sinai Health System, community health workers are addressing patients' social drivers of health and impacting key metrics such as readmissions.

Aetna is following Cigna's lead with a new payment policy that will initially pay inpatient claims at a lower observation rate, a move provider groups say will create an unfair and burdensome appeals process for hospitals.

Overcrowding and workplace violence are big obstacles that get in the way of providing care in the emergency department, says this nurse leader.

Hospital leaders have little choice but to pursue strategies for long-term workforce resilience in a shifting labor landscape.