Richard Pizzi
Orlando's Florida Hospital, billed as the largest and busiest hospital in the United States, has entered into an agreement with ERIS Medical Technologies to implement that company's automated .net charge capture software.
Aurora Health Care, a 15-hospital not-for-profit health system based in Milwaukee, Wis., has named Gail L. Hanson senior vice president and chief financial officer.
IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospitalist group practice firm, has acquired a Kansas City-area hospitalist practice, establishing a presence for the first time in that region.
Healthcare Trust of America, a non-traded, real estate investment trust, has acquired a five-building, five-state portfolio of medical office properties for more than $84 million.
Lillibridge Healthcare Services, a subsidiary of the Chicago-based Ventas healthcare real estate investment trust, has acquired five medical office buildings on the campuses of two ThedaCare hospitals in Wisconsin.
The Bethesda Healthcare System, a not-for-profit, two-hospital system in Boynton Beach, Fla., intends to redesign its revenue cycle processes, adding a fully automated financial and clinical patient record.
The Medical Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust specializing in healthcare facilities, has acquired two long-term acute care hospitals in Texas and expects to acquire a third in Missouri in an $83.4 million deal.
The LHP Hospital Group and the Seton Family of Hospitals, a major provider of healthcare services in Central Texas, have formed a joint venture to construct Seton Medical Center Harker Heights near Fort Hood, Texas.
The Ohio Hospital Association has released its annual community benefit report, which details $2.6 billion in charity care and other benefits the state's hospitals provide to local communities.
New data from the Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services rose 6.70 percent over the 12 months ending October 2010, a deceleration from the 7.08 percent reported for the 12 months ending in September.