Richard Pizzi

The federal government's PPI report indicated that prices across the range of healthcare industries were equivalent to those in July, although 1.1 percent higher than a year ago.

In advance of its annual conference, held this week in Las Vegas, the Healthcare Billing & Management Association talked to HFN about critical issues facing the medical billing industry.

Nancy-Ann DeParle may have left the Obama White House last January, but she did not leave healthcare behind. She spoke with HFN about her healthcare investing strategy as well as broader trends in the healthcare industry.

Healthcare prices in the United States rose marginally from June to July 2013, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, although the rate of increase was higher than a year ago.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a notice this week increasing prospective payment rates for hospital-based and freestanding Medicare inpatient psychiatric facilities by an average 2.3 percent for fiscal year 2014.

Overall U.S. healthcare prices rose slightly from May to June 2013, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Overall U.S. healthcare prices remained flat from April to May 2013, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The outlook for not-for-profit hospital credit ratings remains poor for the foreseeable future, according to an executive with Moody’s Investor's Service who spoke this week at the 2013 HFMA National Institute.

In a competitive healthcare marketplace like Dallas-Ft. Worth, it's essential that a physician practice tightly manage its revenue cycle. Texas Health Physicians Group is doing that by tracking five key financial metrics.

Improving revenue cycle performance at a hospital or health system often requires changes to processes and technology, but also demands a renewed sense of teamwork, said officials at New Jersey’s Atlantic Health System.