Healthcare Finance Staff

Gov. Martin O'Malley outlined a new vision for positioning Maryland as a national leader for health IT, during a roundtable forum of industry leaders and experts, which convened on Tuesday to discuss healthcare reform and innovation in the state.

Healthcare Finance News editor Richard Pizzi spoke recently with Mayo’s CFO Jeffrey Bolton and Jim Francis, the organization’s chair of supply chain management, about navigating the world renowned institution through recession and healthcare reform.

CSI Financial Services, a provider of low-interest bank loans to patients, has secured agreements to provide loans to self-pay patients at three Midwest hospital systems.

A Chicago community hospital threatened with closure two years ago has made a financial comeback, even after separating from a major nonprofit health system.

Lori Donaldson, CFO, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.

Charlie Myers, Director, Patient Financial Services
Johns Hopkins Health System, Baltimore, Md.

Paula Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Valley Community Clinic (North Hollywood, Calif.), 11 FTEs, 4 locales