Richard Pizzi
Poudre Valley Health System, a private not-for-profit healthcare organization in northern Colorado, has won the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos...
The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers is cutting 80 jobs in an ongoing attempt to improve its financial situation.Doug Strong, chief executive officer of UMHHC, said the emp...
A western Pennsylvania hospital has agreed to pay $1.9 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the hospital submitted reimbursement claims to Medicare that gre...
WASHINGTON – Now that Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States and the Democrats have strengthened their control of Congress, what can hospitals expect from the federal gover...
As this issue of Healthcare Finance News went to press, we learned that Tom Daschle, former Democratic senator from South Dakota and Senate Majority Leader, was to be nominated secretary of the U.S. D...
MUNCIE, IN – Two major central Indiana health systems are moving toward a merger that could bring financial benefits to all five hospitals involved.The Cardinal Health System, based in...
STERLING, IL – Hospitals leave too much money on the table in their dealings with payers, and need to get better at collecting what they’re owed.Kenny Koerner, director of patient...
As a result of a bad U.S. economy, fewer Americans are seeking hospital care and more need help paying for care, according to new report from the American Hospital Association.The report note...
More than 2 million low-income Medicare beneficiaries may face a disruption in their prescription drug coverage in January due to changes to the 2009 Medicare Part D plans.According to a new...
The MetroHealth System, one of the largest healthcare systems in Ohio, plans to cut 112 jobs in order to break even financially in 2009.According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, layoffs...