Richard Pizzi

Recession? What recession? Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by approximately 8,000 jobs in May, and healthcare has added 20,000 new positions per month over the last year.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term rating on revenue bonds issued on behalf of Children's Hospital of Oakland (Calif.) in the wake of that institution's continuing operating losses.

The Treasury Department has released a report showing that the COBRA health insurance subsidy provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has helped middle class families maintain health insurance coverage during the recession.

When the Healthcare Financial Management Association scheduled its 2010 ANI conference for Nashville, Tenn., no one expected that Las Vegas would have to bail out the organization.

The physicians of City of Hope Medical Group in Monrovia, Calif., have issued a vote of "overwhelming loss of confidence" in hospital CEO Michael Friedman and the hospital administration at City of Hope, a renowned cancer center.

The “patient experience” is a vital quality metric for hospitals, and healthcare executives are quickly learning that it also affects an institution’s bottom line.

In testimony before the New Jersey Senate's Health and Human Services Committee last month, New Jersey Hospital Association president Betsy Ryan said imposing rigid nurse-to-patient staffing ratios is not a proven way to accomplish quality goals.

Give or take a few meager months, employment in the U.S. healthcare sector has grown throughout the recession.

Many Americans with health insurance aren't embracing evidence-based healthcare because of misconceptions and a lack of knowledge, according to a new study in Health Affairs.

Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical occupations and support personnel fell in May, though they remained above pre-recession levels, according to a report released this week.