Richard Pizzi

Hays Medical Center of Hays, Kan., has added revenue recovery services to its revenue cycle management solutions to improve its net revenue collections.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services believes the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector has begun to stabilize after a very difficult period.

A new article in Health Affairs indicates recent annual increases in Medicare spending are the result of outpatient treatment of chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, hypertension and kidney disease.

The Gwinnett Health System, a three-hospital integrated delivery network in Lawrenceville, Ga., plans to implement a new revenue cycle management solution in part to help detect errors made during the patient registration process.

Hospitals will likely reallocate their investment portfolios in order to provide capital stability and build cash reserves in 2010, says a new report on not-for-profit healthcare systems.

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.