Capital Finance

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee is looking at ways to move beyond the Sustainable Growth Rate formula, the current method of paying Medicare physicians.

Republicans have had an easy time criticizing the Barack Obama Administration's healthcare overhaul plan, but when it comes to creating their own, the way has been politically treacherous.

Republicans and Democrats have locked horns over the fiscal year 2012 budget and the federal deficit, with the fate of entitlement programs hanging in the balance.

A recent analysis of Pennsylvania hospital revenues points to an overall increase in total net income for the state’s hospitals, but officials at a statewide hospital advocacy group suggest those numbers don’t take into account longer term financial trends.

"Reform" of the U.S. healthcare system can mean a myriad of things, all of which have been discussed and debated ad nauseum over the past two years - before, during and after passage of the Affordable Care Act.

There has never been a more critical time for U.S. healthcare providers to ensure they follow best practice guidelines when it comes to billing and payment.

There is little debate that the current environment is challenging healthcare finance executives to keep their organizations financially viable.

A new Medicare Trustees Report has projected that Medicare's Hospital Insurance Fund will run out of money in 2024, five years earlier than projected in last year's report.

Those of us who thought the healthcare reform debate would settle once the law was passed and regulations began to take effect may have been misguided.

The Steward Health Care System, which has acquired several Massachusetts hospitals since being launched eight months ago, is now looking outside the Bay State - at Rhode Island's Landmark Medical Center.