Richard Pizzi

Alabama Medicaid enrollment has jumped by nearly 50,000 people in the past two years, with the largest increase coming in children, teens and pregnant women.

The Healthcare Financial Management Association is offering a new hospital revenue modeling tool in its online resource library.

Medicare has announced that it will pay healthcare providers the same rate to administer the H1N1 flu vaccine as the seasonal flu vaccine, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Employment in the U.S. healthcare sector increased by 28,000 jobs in August, while the national unemployment rate grew to 9.7 percent, according to recent data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

According to a new report, Medicare Advantage plans will be paid $11 billion in 2009, or $1,140 more per enrollee than it would cost to care for the same number of beneficiaries under traditional fee-for-service Medicare.

Lovelace Health Plan, a 200,000-member plan owned by the Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System, has signed a six-year business process outsourcing contract.

The New Jersey Hospital Association officially launched the Transforming Care at the Bedside project this week. The program helps nurses to maximize time, effectiveness...and job satisfaction.

The Hospital Corporation of America has joined Practice Greenhealth, a group of organizations in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices.

Online advertised job vacancies rose by 169,000 to 3,464,800 in August – and the largest category in terms of job volume was in the healthcare field – according to a new report from The Conference Board.

Expanding health centers to reach an additional 20 million patients as part of national health reform would save $212 billion from 2010 to 2019, including federal Medicaid savings of $59 billion, according to a new study.