Hospitals put nutrition on the front burner.

About half of all inpatients go undiagnosed. Paying attention to what and how all patients eat improves outcomes and lowers costs.

Marriage of convenience. As they adapt to reform, insurers court historic adversaries: physician practices.

As reform's changes continue to ripple through the marketplace, insurers are moving to buy physician practices. Why would docs agree to such deals? Some who've made the move say they see it as a strategic decision. "We wanted to partner with a player with lots of market share and lots of markets.

Against the clock. As deadlines loom, many states competing against politics, regulations to set up insurance exchanges.

With a January 2014 deadline fast approaching to create health insurance exchanges, there are fears some states won't be able to finish all they need to in the tight time frame. 'Time is not our friend. 2013 is upon us," says Dr.