Cost Management In Healthcare

At the Center of Care: How Specialty Pharmacy Aligns Patients, Providers, and Payers

As healthcare costs continue to rise, more patients are finding themselves navigating not just illness, but the growing complexity of paying for treatment. Specialty pharmacy sits right at the center of that challenge—often out of sight, but increasingly essential to how modern care actually works. These high-cost, high-touch therapies now make up more than…

From Denial to Access: Rethinking Oncology Care Through AI, Clinical Trials, and Patient-Centered Innovation

The rapid expansion of precision medicine, biologics, and targeted cancer therapies is transforming oncology—but it’s also overwhelming a system not built to keep pace. In the U.S., cancer drugs now account for some of the highest-cost treatments in healthcare, and with that has come a surge in prior authorization requirements and denials. Studies suggest physicians…

Running Toward Progress: How Personify Health and Beyond Health Aim to Rewire Member Experience and Cost Control

In a year when employer health costs keep climbing and expectations are “at an all-time high” heading into 2026, Personify Health and Beyond Health are betting on a tighter fusion of data, advocacy, and payment integrity to change the trajectory. Personify reports engagement levels north of 50%, with members touching its platform 19…

Transformation Without Disruption: How Access Healthcare Is Rewiring the Revenue Cycle with Agentic AI

Hospitals are juggling shrinking margins and rising costs while denial volumes remain stubbornly high. In the revenue cycle alone, hundreds of billions are lost annually to preventable errors and inefficiencies—in fact, Access Healthcare CEO Shaji Ravi cites more than $250 billion wasted each year. Meanwhile, payers have accelerated their use of AI to adjudicate…

Employer-Built Healthcare Plans: Controlling Costs and Transforming Care

Companies are designing their own healthcare systems to cut costs and improve employee outcomes faster than traditional insurance models allow

Improving Healthcare Access Through Nontraditional Benefits and Discount Plans

Employers and individuals are turning to alternative healthcare solutions to fill coverage gaps that traditional insurance leaves behind

Fighting for Fair Healthcare Access Means Overcoming Certain Challenges

Closing the gap between healthcare costs and accessibility requires addressing systemic barriers that leave millions without adequate coverage

Personalized Solutions Through Data Are the Future of Aligning Healthcare Staff Needs with Patient Outcomes

Healthcare systems are discovering that targeted workforce data can simultaneously ease staffing pressures and strengthen patient care outcomes

Demystifying Self-Funded Benefits Can Forge a New Path for Employers

Employers seeking cost control are discovering how self-funded models can reduce premiums while maintaining employee health coverage

Health Plans are Now Covering New Weight Loss Drugs. This Can Help Fix the Obesity Epidemic

Widespread insurance coverage of breakthrough weight loss medications could redirect billions in healthcare spending from treating obesity-related diseases to p

Merging Risk Management with Employee Well-Being is the Secret to Unlocking Workplace Potential

Companies that align safety protocols with employee wellness initiatives see measurable gains in productivity and retention rates

Sterile Processing Economics with Mark Copeland: Unveiling the Value of Sterile Processing Departments”

Hospital leaders often overlook how sterile processing departments drive profitability and operational efficiency across the entire facility

AI Looks to Add the Value in Value-Based Care in 2024

Healthcare providers are turning to AI to unlock the financial and clinical benefits that value-based care promises

Contract Life Cycle Management is Coming Out on Top, as Healthcare Providers Increasingly Rely on the Tool

Healthcare providers are discovering that streamlined contract management directly improves operational efficiency and regulatory compliance across their organi

Kelly Connell: What is the overall value to yourself of being a member on Ntracts’ Advisory Council?

Advisory board participation yields tangible returns through peer collaboration, direct influence over product development, and access to industry best practice

Derek Empie: What are the biggest challenges you’ve come up against when trying to gain organization buy-in for contract lifecycle management?

Shifting organizational resistance to contract lifecycle management requires clear communication about risk and financial benefits from leadership

What is one word you would use to describe healthcare contracting without confidence in your data?

Healthcare leaders reveal the hidden costs of operating without reliable contract data

Using Data and Asset-Management Solutions to Create Efficiencies in Healthcare and Eliminate Waste

Healthcare systems unlock significant cost savings by leveraging data-driven inventory strategies to combat equipment waste and operational inefficiency