Susan Morse

The Virginia Mason Institute, part of the Virginia Mason Health System, will be working with five hospitals within England's National Health Service Trust Development Authority.

Piedmont Healthcare and Northside Hospital were also reportedly interested in buying Tenet's Georgia hospitals.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is falling short in busting potential fraud by not verifying physician addresses and making sure they are currently licensed, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

The economic collapse in 2008 changed everything for the new CFO Amy Floria, plunging Goshen, both the city and hospital, into crisis. But smart cost management has helped the system bounce back.

At the top end, the highest median amount paid for the procedure is $61,231 in the Sacramento, California metropolitan area. On the other hand, the Birmingham, Alabama region books the lowest cost paid at $15,494.

The Fortune 500 company operates health plans in 11 states and Puerto Rico.

Beginning in 2018, companies that offer health insurance packages the government deems too generous will start having to pay a 40 percent tax on those packages. Despite the "Cadillac" tax, Towers Watson, a consulting firm, predicts that 48 percent of employers will have to pay the tax in its first year.

Over 140 Medicare-certified hospices have been invited to participate in a new five-year model of care that will allow for dual coverage of hospice and curative care.

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is No. 1 in cancer care; the Cleveland Clinic is No. 1 in cardiology and heart surgery and the Hospital for Special Surgery is No. 1 in orthopedics.

System's president calls for immediate retraction of a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid report alleging discriminatory practices by Health Sciences Center-Shreveport and its physicians in the delivery of patient care