Capital Finance
The home care industry has enormous potential for business people. One segment of the business world has already figured this out: franchise business owners.
On Tuesday it was announced by the Marquette General Health System (MGHS) Board of Trustees that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Duke LifePoint Healthcare.
Martha Jefferson Hospital of Charlottesville, Va., took the top honors in Soliant.com's recent poll of America's Most Beautiful Hospitals.
Healthcare businesses seeking an assessment of their exposure to financial risk in relation to ICD-10 compliance have a new online tool at their disposal. The HIMSS ICD-10 Task Force and Jvion, a healthcare compliance technology and services organization, announced on June 27 the release of their collaboratively developed ICD-10 Financial Risk Calculator.
As recent studies have shown, health systems across the country are increasing their IT spending in the next five years or so. Given that, it is imperative that chief information officers and chief financial officers partner to create strategic budgets said a CIO and CFO during an education session Tuesday at HFMA's national conference in Las Vegas.
Already running one of the largest ophthalmology practices in the country, Henry Ford Health System announced last week that it has agreed to merge with the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO).
A financial rationale for merging is always part of the equation in such a business move, but more and more, healthcare businesses are choosing to merge for strategic reasons.
Western Pennsylvania's largest health insurer Highmark took another step toward building a comprehensive provider network in the region with the announcement this week of a $275 million commitment to Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
In its Spring 2012 Economic Outlook report, Premier healthcare alliance reported that impending reimbursement reductions and uncertainty around the potential impact of health reform will likely lead to more conservative hospital capital budget expenditures for the year.
It may not occur to smaller senior living companies to seek a credit rating from a credit rating agency like Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, but for companies large and small, there are financial benefits said a group of panelists during an online senior living business conference held in March.