Richard Pizzi

Current methods used to estimate the costs of federal health initiatives may not capture the full impact of steps to prevent and manage chronic disease, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

In a paper published recently in the journal Health Affairs, health policy researchers are proposing a new method of allocating Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital payments.

With the nationwide rollout of the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program under way, it’s crucial that hospitals and health systems act now to prepare for the process so that they don’t find themselves scrambling to meet requirements.

The research and consulting firm Thomson Reuters has released a benchmarking study identifying the top 10 U.S. health systems based on their hospitals’ clinical performance.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Hospital & Clinics have reached a new contract agreement with employees represented by the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) union.

The financial performance of Rhode Island's hospitals declined in 2008, according to a new report from the Rhode Island Department of Health.

Editorial by Editor Richard Pizzi

California's sprawling size and the diversity of its regional healthcare systems result in care that is organized, delivered and financed differently throughout the state, according to the non-profit California HealthCare Foundation.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in late July that acute care hospitals would receive a 2.1 percent inflation update in their payment rates in fiscal year 2010.

California legislators may have reached an agreement to prevent half a million kids from being cut from the state's Healthy Families public health insurance plan.