Beth Jones Sanborn
58 percent of hospital executives say, thanks to current challenges in the hospital and healthcare industry, substantial changes to their business models in the "near term" are a must for survival. That's a key and compelling finding in a new survey released by Prudential and conducted by the The Economist Intelligence Unit.
We spoke to two financial leaders about the metrics they follow, their ideal analytics dashboard and how they interpret data to make decisions for their systems.
Three doctors and seven other people have been charged in connection with an alleged illegal operation that authorities said distributed roughly a million pills and grossed roughly $5.7 million, the U.S. Attorney's office announced Thursday after the indictment was unsealed earlier that day.
DataMotion Health has released the results of a survey it conducted during the 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, which took place last week in Las Vegas, that show Hillary Clinton as the clear frontrunner when it comes to health IT professionals, providers, executives and other industry personnel.
After almost two decades under the leadership of current president and CEO Dan Wolterman, Memorial Hermann Health System in Texas has named Benjamin K. Chu, MD, as his successor, the system announced Tuesday.
Olympus Corp. of America, the largest distributor of endoscopes and related equipment has agreed to pay $623.2 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims stemming from a kickback scheme involving doctors and hospitals. Their Latin America subsidiary, Olympus Latin America, will pay $22.8 million to settle related charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced earlier this month.
Shawn Griffin, MD, chief quality and informatics officer for Houston-based Memorial Hermann Physician Network, posed a question Monday at the Volume to Value-based gathering at HIMSS16, illustrating what he says should be the key driver in any system's move from volume to value-based payment.
Two Dallas-area doctors have been charged, according to a superseding indictment that was unsealed Friday, for their alleged participation in a $13.4 million health care fraud scheme that bilked Medicare for millions.
LAS VEGAS- HCA Far West Division, a network of hospitals and surgery centers in California and Nevada, on Tuesday broke ground on a new provider-based emergency facility called ER on the Lakes.
It's an big week for Healthcare Finance News and Healthcare IT News as we cover the Himss16 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada!