Richard Pizzi

Moody's Investors Service has published an updated methodology that details how it rates real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other commercial real estate firms globally.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is reporting that fiscal 2009 key median ratios for U.S. stand-alone hospitals show improvement in operating metrics compared with 2008 ratios.

A total of 233 mergers and acquisitions were announced in the healthcare industry during the second quarter of 2010, up 7 percent from the 218 deals announced in the prior quarter.

Vestar Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired the independent healthcare ratings firm HealthGrades for approximately $294 million.

The expansion of Medicaid under the federal healthcare reform law is going to initiate one of the largest enrollment efforts in Medicaid’s history.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule this week that would change how Medicare pays for dialysis services. It includes the first pay-for-performance program in a Medicare fee-for-service payment system.

Healthcare reform legislation in Massachusetts, first enacted by the commonwealth's legislature in 2006 and revised in 2008, contains payment reform principles that likely offer insight into national reform efforts.

Thirty-four northeastern Ohio hospitals have shown "dramatic progress" in efforts to improve healthcare quality by following national best practices guidelines for patients with certain medical conditions.

Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a number of proposed payment changes for Medicare providers in 2011.

A new initiative from the California HealthCare Foundation will focus on reducing preventable patient readmissions in 20 hospitals across the state.