Healthcare Finance Staff
Hospitals embracing Lean and Six Sigma strategies;Congress mulls ending condition exclusions;Americans skipping needed care, say system is failing;SCHIP not a good model for universal reforms
GE Capital’s Healthcare Financial Services business has announced an $89M senior credit facility provided to Vesta, Inc., part of which will be used to complete the company’s acquisition of ExtruMed, LLC.
In this video posted in Rep. Pete Stark's (D-Calif.) YouTube channel, Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis testifies on the need for competition in the health insurance market.
Picis, Inc., of Wakefield, Mass. has announced that CHRISTUS Health has gone live with LYNX E/Point, a product of LYNX Medical Systems of Bellevue, Wash., in 18 of its acute care hospitals in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Utah and plans to implement the ED charging software in three additional hospitals soon.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday the creation of the Office of Recovery Act Coordination to help ensure the timely, organized and transparent distribution of economic stimulus funds managed by HHS.
Metavante releases wealthcare manager
McKesson signs deals for anesthesia billing services
Greenway medical plans partnership with navicure
MPV announces contracts with 3 physician groups
SCHIP provided coverage to 7.4M children in 2008
Medicare pilots failed, study concludes
Calif. nonprofits get $5.7M+ in healthcare grants
Elderly in long-term care use Medicare more often
Rural healthcare advocate to head HRSA
Cardiac conditions lead personal health spending
Physicians will receive incentives for EHR use
New York leads states in long-term care spending
IRS issues report on hospital community benefit
Hospital credit ratings tank in 4th quarter
Iowa hospital announces hiring & salary freeze
Hospital employment climbs slightly in January
The University of Southern California and Tenet Healthcare Corp. have signed a definitive agreement for USC to acquire the USC University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital.