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Community stakeholders again need to ensure qualified people get enrolled.

The decrease in difficulty in paying bills was experienced in both Medicaid expansion and nonexpansion states.

These gains are up more than 5 percent from 2013.

Most hospitals report being paid through fee for service, but expect to launch bundled payment and direct contracts with employers in the next two years.

Risk-based contracts, achieving proper scale and mounting regulatory pressure add to the stress of transforming hospital and health system operations.

Hospital boards can manage finances and liability with a little guidance.

For-profit hospitals convert assets to revenue faster than nonprofits.

Assessing whether incentive plans are on track with a health system's goals and the changing marketplace is becoming a necessary challenge.

A new study reveals that hospital outpatient departments tend to care for different populations than physician offices.