Richard Pizzi

The healthcare sector is positioned for a significant increase in merger and acquisition activity this year, but deal drivers will vary considerably across individual industry subsectors, according to a new survey.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised its outlook to negative from stable and affirmed its 'BB' long-term rating on bonds issued for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway, N.J.

Marquette General Hospital and Bell Hospital in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have agreed to create an Accountable Care Organization, to be called Superior Health Partners.

The 2010 Healthcare Compensation Study reveals a continued slowing of salary increases for healthcare employees, but shows that turnover has been reduced dramatically.

The 2010 annual conference for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) gets underway in Tampa, Fla., this week, and the society is highlighting - among other issues - excellence in healthcare facilities management.

An organization promoting best practices in the healthcare group purchasing industry has launched two initiatives to increase transparency and strengthen oversight in an industry some have criticized for its perceived secrecy.

Community Health Systems, Inc., the largest publicly traded hospital company in the United States, has acquired the Marion Regional Healthcare System in Marion, S.C., including 124-bed Marion Regional Hospital.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule imposing a 0.25 percentage point reduction to the fee schedule increase factor for outpatient hospital services.

A Chicago community hospital threatened with closure two years ago has made a financial comeback, even after separating from a major nonprofit health system.

Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., has signed a deal for self-pay accounts receivable management services with Irvine, Calif.-based Cymetrix.