News

Dems pick up the pace in defense of health insurance mandate

By Diana Manos | 12:55 pm | February 15, 2011

Battle continues to wage in 26 lawsuits nationwide

Ohio providers improve patient safety results, save $13M

By Richard Pizzi | 12:54 pm | February 15, 2011

Facilities see 11 percent reduction in hospital-onset MRSA

Will hospitals face tough competition in 2011?

By Bernie Monegain | 12:51 pm | February 15, 2011

Consolidation, Medicare cuts on the horizon

Holy Cross wins battle for hotly contested Maryland county

By Eric Wicklund | 12:48 pm | February 15, 2011

Adventist mulls appeal, court action after commission’s unanimous vote

Hospital Insights: Capital Spending

By Richard Pizzi | 12:44 pm | February 15, 2011

Allen Archer is system manager for capital planning for the Wellmont Health System, a 10-hospital health system based in Kingsport, Tenn. Archer spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Editor Richard Pizzi about how Wellmont handles capital procurement, and he offers insights on national trends in capital spending after a deep recession.

On not previewing 2011

By Richard Pizzi | 12:36 pm | February 15, 2011

I’ve never been a happy consumer of those articles written in the month of January that predict healthcare trends for the forthcoming year.

Experts battle over politics of healthcare reform

By Diana Manos | 12:26 pm | February 15, 2011

House GOP repeal is DOA

State budgets groan under weight of Medicaid expenditures

By Chris Anderson | 12:24 pm | February 15, 2011

Governors criticize ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to Medicaid

Bad patient debt continues to mount

By John Andrews | 12:20 pm | February 15, 2011

Bad debt is financial poison – there’s no mistaking that its proliferation in the real estate market brought about the economic collapse in 2008.