Kelsey Brimmer

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule on Medicaid payments to disproportionate share hospitals last week, cutting approximately $1.1 billion from the program over the next two fiscal years.

A recently unsealed lawsuit alleges that Vanderbilt Medical Center has been systematically billing Medicare fraudulent charges for at least a decade.

Hospital administrators are saying recent recommendations from the Office of Inspector General regarding critical access hospital certification will result in hospital closures.

With labor costs in 2013 accounting for approximately 60 percent of hospital and health system operating budgets, many healthcare systems and hospitals have begun assessing high-labor cost areas with an eye to curbing those costs.

The efforts of a number of hospitals across the country to improve the health of their patient populations by promoting healthy foods are a benefit to the hospitals themselves and their communities.

U.S. nonprofit hospitals' financial performance in fiscal year 2012 wasn't strong, and the outlook for FY 2013 doesn't appear to be much better.

Positive price to earnings ratios and net debt to EBITDA mean healthcare firms have confidence and capacity to fund future acquisitions.

A recent Moody’s Investment Service report says that several recent developments will likely have long-term consequences for the generic drug industry.

Medians for U.S. not-for-profit healthcare systems remained steady in 2012, but analysts expect a weakening in ratios due to the pressures of healthcare reform.

When it comes to hospital construction and design, the decisions around what is built and how it's built all have significant impact on not only an organization's bottom line, but also the quality of care given to patients.