Richard Pizzi

Overall U.S. healthcare prices increased marginally from December 2010 to January 2011, rising 0.1 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The single stand-alone hospital may be a "concept of the past" according to an expert on hospital mergers and acquisitions who spoke at the HIMSS11 conference in Orlando, Fla., on Monday.

There is a 50 percent likelihood of a complete government shutdown over the coming months, said former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich at Monday's opening keynote at the HIMSS11 conference in Orlando, Fla.

Craneware, Inc., a provider of automated revenue integrity solutions for the U.S. healthcare market, has acquired Nashville-based ClaimTrust, Inc., a Software-as-a-Service revenue cycle technology vendor.

Chris Charland is the senior director of capital equipment at Novation. He spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News editor Richard Pizzi about healthcare supply chain management trends to expect in 2011.

Healthcare trends starting to follow other industries.

Facilities see 11 percent reduction in hospital-onset MRSA

Allen Archer is system manager for capital planning for the Wellmont Health System, a 10-hospital health system based in Kingsport, Tenn. Archer spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi about how Wellmont handles capital procurement, and he offers insights on national trends in capital spending after a deep recession.

I’ve never been a happy consumer of those articles written in the month of January that predict healthcare trends for the forthcoming year.

Hospital operator HCA, Inc., has announced an immediate internal reorganization that includes the promotion of the company's chief financial officer to president.