Richard Pizzi

Operating revenue at California's community health clinics grew 22 percent between 2005 and 2008, according a new report from the California HealthCare Foundation.

Annual performance-based incentive plans are on the rise for physicians, according to a new survey of provider organizations.

Saratoga Hospital, a 207-bed community hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and Albany Medical Center, a 651-bed academic medical center in Albany, N.Y., are partnering to provide outpatient emergency care at a jointly run facility.

Boston Medical Center, a 639-bed teaching hospital in Boston's South End, announced a layoff of 119 employees on Monday and said it would likely lose approximately $175 million this year.

A lower base salary means increased productivity and higher overall compensation for hospitalist physicians, according to a new report.

Nearly 200 Illinois hospitals are participating in a project sponsored by the state's hospital association to improve the level of healthcare quality.

Three healthcare-focused private equity firms have acquired Eagle Hospital Physicians, an Atlanta-based practice management company for hospitalist physician groups.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has selected a contractor to build the Denver VA Medical Center replacement hospital. The new hospital will be on the same campus as the University of Colorado Hospital complex in Aurora, site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center.

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc., has acquired the Joplin Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, a 26,000-square-foot facility in Joplin, Mo., the second property in a $42 million acquisition spree by the firm.

Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector continued its rise in August, increasing by approximately 28,200 jobs. The healthcare industry has added an average of 20,000 jobs per month this year.