Beth Jones Sanborn

Shephard Lee Spruill, CEO of Carolina Support Services, joins the growing contingent of hospital executives charged as criminals.

New technology allows providers to readily access meaningful data no matter where it lives in the revenue cycle arrives as hospitals are poised to invest heavily in rev cycle tools.

Former chief executive of Calhoun-Liberty Hospital is charged with using money to pay various personal expenses like credit cards, groceries, his own business and travel, the DOJ said.

Executives say the deal will give ProMedica a platform for managing the silver tsunami of baby boomer patients by eradicating traditional barriers of where care gets delivered.

A pair of physicians and one Las Vegas practice are under fire for an array of alleged offenses including fraud and identity theft.

Arrowhead Regional and Daviess Community Hospital both went from rock bottom to top of the class by optimizing EHRs, instituting accountability and banking on the human element.

Spokesperson says the details are still being worked out about physical locations or shared access to care services and they hope to finalize the arrangement this year.

American Hospital Association says that telehealth and connectivity are in jeopardy due to big cuts to rural healthcare.

As original estimates of how many specimens were destroyed doubled from 2,000 to 4,000, chief executive Thomas Zenty explained how the hospital is handling the situation.

Hospitals are doing their part in cost control by streamlining care, cutting readmissions, adopting new reimbursement models so big pharma must shift focus off marketing and onto its own cost-cutting, the groups say.