Fred Bazzoli

A report issued on Thursday by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services is calling on the agency to require that physician-owned specialty hospitals be able t...

Healthcare spending in 2006 totaled about $2.1 trillion in 2006, according to figures released Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. That works out to an average of $7,0...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) today is expected to outline a bleak prognosis for the budget of running the nation's most populous state and the impact the funding will have on citizens' health...

CHICAGO – Healthcare organizations are under the gun to increase efficiency and optimize investments in radiological systems, as cuts implemented this year in Medicare reimbursement for out...

WASHINGTON – Long-term care groups are concerned about the conflicting pressures of increasing calls for quality and declining reimbursements. Nursing home organizations were hopin...

CUPERTINO, CA – Healthcare organizations that are victimized by theft or loss of data are more likely to be hit by financial losses from declines in reputation and additional expenses, compared...

SIOUX FALLS, SD – Using a virtual intensive care unit is enabling a rural healthcare system to provide critical care cost-effectively across several states. The virtual approach has b...

CHICAGO – Hospitals seem to be adjusting to the need for more specific coding by moving that responsibility to interdisciplinary processes and adopting clinical documentation improvement pr...

WASHINGTON – Spending on hospital services could top $1 trillion in 2008, based on estimated growth in hospital charges between 1997 and 2005. Data also indicates that the growth i...

Hospitals in New York state continue to struggle financially, and a new study suggests that the average operating margin of New York's hospitals is negative, ranking it 49th among the nation's 50 stat...