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By Richard Pizzi | 10:41 am | November 10, 2014
Third quarter financial results indicate that Kaiser Permanente, the giant California-based nonprofit health system, continues to gain strength.
By Richard Pizzi | 02:48 am | October 28, 2014
More than 83 percent of physician practices do not believe current Medicare physician quality reporting programs enhanced their physicians' ability to provide high-quality patient care, according to new research released Monday.
By Richard Pizzi | 02:14 am | October 28, 2014
There are at least 30 ways to grow patient satisfaction at your healthcare facility, but 10 key service standards should do the trick.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:10 am | October 23, 2014
Two major healthcare organizations in eastern Massachusetts are joining to build a new health system, creating what they term a "unique model" intended to improve care coordination and enhance the affordability of care.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:12 am | October 21, 2014
Medical Properties Trust has signed a deal to acquire and lease back substantially all of the real estate assets of privately-held MEDIAN Kliniken Group, the largest private provider of post-acute and acute rehabilitation services in Germany.
By Richard Pizzi | 01:22 pm | October 08, 2014
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expanded the agency's Five Star Quality Rating System for Nursing Homes, and proposed new conditions of participation for home health agencies.
By Richard Pizzi | 09:18 am | October 02, 2014
Linda Burt, vice president and chief financial officer at Nebraska Methodist Health System in Omaha, Neb., sat down with Healthcare Finance News to discuss the primary ways in which hospital CFOs use analytics, and how data -- if assessed properly -- can reduce risk.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:08 am | September 26, 2014
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending Sept. 26, 2014.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:33 am | September 19, 2014
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will sponsor the advanced development of a next-generation portable ventilator to help fill the need for portable, low-cost, user-friendly and flexible ventilators in a pandemic or other public health emergency.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:41 am | September 12, 2014
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending September 12, 2014.