Rene Letourneau
Healthcare and pharma IT mergers and acquisitions transaction volume increased 28 percent while transaction value decreased 14 percent during the first half of 2012, according to a new report from mid-market investment banking firm Berkery Noyes.
Near-term demand for healthcare workers is the strongest in San Jose, Calif., Portland, Ore. and Charlotte, N.C., says Health Workforce Solutions LLC's Labor Market Pulse Index released Friday for Q2 2012.
Overall, U.S. healthcare prices were steady in June, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the health reform law will spur more consolidation in the healthcare industry, according to a recent survey by healthcare public affairs firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier (UDI).
Martha Jefferson Hospital of Charlottesville, Va., took the top honors in Soliant.com's recent poll of America's Most Beautiful Hospitals.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded more than $971 million to continue improving preparedness and health outcomes for a wide range of public health threats within every state, eight U.S. territories and four of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, HHS officials announced Monday.
As part of the ACA, the Supreme Court upheld a new tax provision intended to help fund healthcare reform -- a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device sales beginning Jan. 1, 2013.
Not surprisingly, reaction from healthcare industry stakeholders to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act has been swift. Healthcare Finance News shares some of the comments it has received.
Integrity, compassion and perseverance are the key traits of an effective leader, Captain Chesley Sullenberger, who successfully landed a plane on the Hudson River in January 2009, told an audience of healthcare financial managers at HFMA's ANI conference in Las Vegas on Monday.