Communicating bad news to patients is a challenging task that demands sufficient time to allow for an honest discussion that minimizes patient distress and responds to the patient's and family's ...

Rising deductibles create financial risk for hospitals and health systems, as many patients are unable to afford the high out-of-pocket costs associated with these plans. However, there are many steps ...

Then one day, after I was talking about my migraine experience with family, I overheard my father-in-law ask my husband if I ...

When practitioners indulge their own biases, patients can become more anxious and depressed.

Troy Roth, vice president of revenue-cycle product strategy for MedAssets, discusses how hospitals can calculate how much is owed by patients with high-deductible policies. Troy Roth: More patients ...

A new HFMA report diagnoses the healthcare industry as being in "serious condition," providing a link between declining national affordability and rising patient bad debt and collection costs facing ...