Capital Finance
IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospitalist group practice firm, has acquired a Kansas City-area hospitalist practice, establishing a presence for the first time in that region.
A two-hospital system in Ohio has come up with a unique way to pay for its new electronic medical record system: Selling the leasing rights to its non-hospital properties.
Healthcare Trust of America, a non-traded, real estate investment trust, has acquired a five-building, five-state portfolio of medical office properties for more than $84 million.
Lillibridge Healthcare Services, a subsidiary of the Chicago-based Ventas healthcare real estate investment trust, has acquired five medical office buildings on the campuses of two ThedaCare hospitals in Wisconsin.
More than three-quarters of venture capitalists plan to increase their investments in healthcare IT next year, according to a recent survey by the National Venture Capital Association and Dow Jones VentureSource.
The Medical Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust specializing in healthcare facilities, has acquired two long-term acute care hospitals in Texas and expects to acquire a third in Missouri in an $83.4 million deal.
In the latest attempt to take over Tenet Healthcare, Community Health Systems has announced plans to nominate directors for election at Tenet's 2011 annual shareholder meeting.
The LHP Hospital Group and the Seton Family of Hospitals, a major provider of healthcare services in Central Texas, have formed a joint venture to construct Seton Medical Center Harker Heights near Fort Hood, Texas.
Novation, a healthcare supply contracting company, has announced that its Failure-To-Supply Recovery Service saved the members it serves more than $6.5 million in 2010.
Health organizations will undergo a strategy makeover in 2011 as they react to new rules and payment models, continuing cost pressures and new customer demands, according to the "Top Health Industry Issues of 2011," published today by PwC's Health Research Institute.