Richard Pizzi

Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind., has deployed enterprise asset tracking to better manage its equipment resources, including maintenance, storage and deployment.

The president of the Minnesota Hospital Association said Monday that the state budget proposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty would, if passed, harm Minnesota hospitals and unravel the state's healthcare safety net.

St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan began laying off more than 300 workers last week in an attempt to avert a complete shutdown.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised the underlying rating outlook from stable to positive for the Washington Health Care Facilities Authority's $82.4 million hospital revenue bonds issued for the Overlake Hospital Association.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has reached a $1.95 million settlement with CVS over the state's complaint that two pharmacists with expired licenses dispensed prescription drugs at CVS pharmacies.

A recent article in Health Affairs disputes the widely held belief that immigrants place a large financial burden on the U.S. healthcare system.

A national survey of neurosurgeons indicates many are limiting their Medicare practice in some way and more will do so if drastic Medicare physician payment cuts continue.

Frank Barrett, chief financial officer and executive vice president at Miami's Jackson Health System, has resigned after five years in the position.

A new survey from VHA, Inc., a national healthcare group purchasing organization, reveals that patients take numerous items from hospital rooms when they are discharged, costing hospitals at least $52 million annually.

The Cook Children's Health Care System of Forth Worth, Texas, has signed a deal to implement supply chain, human resources and contract management software applications in an effort to improve its business processes.