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By Rodney J. Moore | 05:15 am | September 15, 2014
Energy costs eat up a chunk of a hospital's budget. Demand response may help shrink those costs.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:57 am | September 12, 2014
As proton cancer treatment centers expand, payers and providers may have to collaborate to expand the evidence base, to avoid the highly-expensive technology crowding out other investments.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:41 am | September 12, 2014
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending September 12, 2014.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:32 am | September 12, 2014
Weill Cornell Physicians, Cornell University's physician group, has inked a new accountable care agreement with Aetna, intended to enhance care for approximately 9,000 of the insurer's commercial and Medicare members in New York.
By Anthony Brino | 11:15 am | September 12, 2014
The Midwest's first proton beam cancer therapy center is closing its doors amid ongoing efficacy questions and financial struggles. This and other developments should leave health systems considering investing in proton therapy treading cautiously - but not ruling it out altogether.
By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News | 10:52 am | September 12, 2014
CMS health expenditure growth projections are not supported by cost indicator data from the Census Bureau.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 05:47 pm | September 11, 2014
A former Medicare administrator who helped nurture many of the Affordable Care Act's new Medicare regulations is bringing his experience to the private sector.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:55 pm | September 11, 2014
In branding, sometimes it's worth giving up old ideas and trying new ones, or at least transitioning to new messages when it seems they're not resonating.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:49 am | September 11, 2014
Weill Cornell Physicians, Cornell University's physician group, has inked a new accountable care agreement with Aetna, intended to enhance care for approximately 9,000 of the insurer's commercial and Medicare members in New York.
By Mary Mosquera | 10:49 am | September 11, 2014
In the first part of our conversation with Money Atwal, who is both CFO and CIO at Hilo Medical Center in Hilo, Hawaii, he told us about how he and his team were digging into hospital operations. In the second half of that conversation, he talks about the intersection of quality, finance and technology.