Capital Finance

A new index that gauges the financial and operational health of physician practices forecasts a downward trend in profitability for the year ahead.

Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System announced Tuesday that after six months of due diligence the two organizations are not going forward with their merger that would have created a $6.4 billion organization.

When President Barack Obama released his fiscal year 2014 budget proposal in April, John Lozier, executive director of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), became immediately concerned that not enough is being done at the federal level to resolve the on-going homelessness epidemic.

How consolidation and integration plays out will determine if providers or payers have more influence on competition suggested experts at a conference last week sponsored by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).

Financial firms will build investment pieces around companies that develop solutions for transparency, outcomes, prices and care coordination, the macro themes around health reform.

There is plenty of disagreement regarding the ROI of workplace wellness programs, but some evidence suggests the savings are there in the long run.

Community Health Systems, based in Franklin, Tenn., recently announced that their net operating revenues for the first three months of 2013 increased despite a drop in admissions.

Even as studies from the Obesity journal to the Journal of Applied Physiology have shown that sitting is bad for your health, many employers -- even healthcare-related ones -- balk at the costs of non-traditional office furniture like treadmill desks.

As hospital construction has held steady during the downturn, more administrators and healthcare leaders are weighing the benefits of patient-centered design.

The healthcare industry is on notice: Fraud recoveries in the healthcare sector are on the rise and whistle-blowers are the biggest weapon in the fight against fraud.