Richard Pizzi
The Bethesda Healthcare System, a not-for-profit, two-hospital system in Boynton Beach, Fla., intends to redesign its revenue cycle processes, adding a fully automated financial and clinical patient record.
The Medical Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust specializing in healthcare facilities, has acquired two long-term acute care hospitals in Texas and expects to acquire a third in Missouri in an $83.4 million deal.
The LHP Hospital Group and the Seton Family of Hospitals, a major provider of healthcare services in Central Texas, have formed a joint venture to construct Seton Medical Center Harker Heights near Fort Hood, Texas.
The Ohio Hospital Association has released its annual community benefit report, which details $2.6 billion in charity care and other benefits the state's hospitals provide to local communities.
New data from the Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services rose 6.70 percent over the 12 months ending October 2010, a deceleration from the 7.08 percent reported for the 12 months ending in September.
Long-term care provider Kindred Healthcare has announced the opening of a new LTAC hospital in Springfield, Ill.
The American Hospital Association is encouraging Congress to extend several tax provisions necessary to hospital capital financing.
Overall U.S. healthcare prices increased slightly from October to November, rising 0.2 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Underwriting discipline and an improved cost structure have led to an increased credit rating for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska.
The U.S. healthcare sector continued to add workers in November, with employment increasing by approximately 19,200 jobs.