Richard Pizzi

Pfizer, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, will make public its compensation of U.S. healthcare professionals for consulting, speaking engagements and clinical trials.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the ratings on the University of Colorado Hospital Authority's approximately $542 million of bonds outstanding.

Wages for registered nurses increased faster in California than elsewhere after the state began implementing legislation mandating minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in acute care hospitals.

The global in vitro diagnostic test market won't be stalled by economic conditions for a variety of reasons, according to a new report.

Employment at U.S. hospitals rose 0.17 percent in January 2009 to a seasonally adjusted 4,711,000 people, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report last week.

Cancer patients can face severe challenges paying for life-saving care, even when they have private health insurance, says a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer Society.

A poor economy and crisis in the financial markets put strong downward pressure on credit ratings for not-for-profit hospitals in 2008, according to a report this week by Moody's Investors Service.

Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif., will complete an emergency department expansion project over the next three years and use high-tech software to do it.

The Leapfrog Group has identified the “Highest Value” hospitals in the United States based on a review of more than 1,220 hospitals participating in the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey.

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services has awarded $44 million in Health Care Stabilization Fund grants to six financially distressed hospitals in order to maintain healthcare access in underserved communities.