Capital Finance
Based on venture capital funding levels, deal totals and merger and acquisition activity, global consulting firm Mercom Capital Group reports that the healthcare IT sector is experiencing its highest levels of economic bustle since 2010.
With the financial pressures that healthcare organizations are facing, many hospitals are using traditional cost cutting methods to save money by looking at layoffs and staff reductions. Many more hospitals, however, are finding ways to reduce costs through lean management methods that don't require layoffs and can improve quality for patients.
As widespread drought annihilates crops and sends prices increasingly higher, supply chain managers at healthcare facilities are no doubt eyeing their budgets.
Healthcare and pharma IT mergers and acquisitions transaction volume increased 28 percent while transaction value decreased 14 percent during the first half of 2012, according to a new report from mid-market investment banking firm Berkery Noyes.
HCA's TriStar Health is wading deeper into the urgent care center market. On Monday, TriStar and CareSpot, an urgent care center operator, announced a joint venture that will open as many as 15 new urgent care centers in middle Tennessee next year.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the health reform law will spur more consolidation in the healthcare industry, according to a recent survey by healthcare public affairs firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock.
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.