Richard Pizzi

Utah has selected a financial services vendor to provide payment-processing solutions and health savings account administration for its planned health insurance exchange.

U.S. Bank has signed a long-term agreement with TSYS that will allow the company to provide card processing services for the bank's consumer-directed healthcare benefit cards.

Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and one of the contributing factors may be the high salaries earned by healthcare employees.

The Mayo Clinic has raised $1.35 billion in its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, surpassing its initial goal of $1.25 billion.

National Surgical Hospitals, an owner of surgical hospitals and surgery centers in partnership with local physicians, has opened its newest facility in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hospitals rated in the top 5 percent in the nation have a 29 percent lower risk-adjusted mortality rate and are improving their clinical quality at a faster pace than other hospitals, according to a study issued Tuesday.

Providence Health & Services, a 27-hospital non-profit health system, based in Renton, Wash., has selected a vendor to provide primary early placement outsourced revenue cycle services for its California facilities.

Through focused attention to the revenue cycle, healthcare organizations can add 2 percent to 4 percent to their bottom lines, according to an expert in hospital business planning.

The Medical Travel and Health Tourism Quality Alliance has listed the 10 best hospitals in the world for medical travel.

NorthBay Healthcare in Fairfield, Calif., has begun assessing its readiness for migration from the ICD-9 to the ICD-10 coding and billing system.