Richard Pizzi

Makers of H1N1 vaccines reported sales of $3.3 billion in 2009, according to a new report.

As the credit markets tightened over the last few years, many U.S. hospitals grew increasingly risk-averse and sought ways to improve their credit terms on financing deals.

Nearly one million patient-safety incidents occurred among Medicare patients over the years 2006-2008, costing U.S. hospitals $8.9 billion.

Hospitals use strategic approach to save money

A new survey reveals that the current recession has negatively impacted the balance sheets of healthcare organizations more than the 2001 recession, with the rise in patient bad debt doing much of the damage.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2011 that would decrease average inpatient payments by 0.1 percent.

As the practice of hospital medicine continues to grow as a specialty, hospitalist physicians will likely need to sharpen their practice management skills.

As Healthcare Finance News went to press, 160-year-old St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan was preparing to shut its doors for good.

The Tennessee House of Representatives passed legislation last week that enables hospitals to pay a coverage fee that will be used to fill a $659 million hole in the state’s Medicaid budget this year.