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The new healthcare reform law will make many healthcare organizations' current business practices and markets irrelevant, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
As the Medicare Recovery Audit Contracting program begins in earnest, it has healthcare providers anxiously wondering...
Tom Galarowicz is Director of Revenue Management at ThedaCare, a four-hospital community health system based in Appleton, Wis., employing almost 5,300 people.
Mike Burke is the chief financial officer at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. He sat down with editor Richard Pizzi to discuss how the finance team at the medical center dealt with the recession.
Susan Turley is CFO of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, McAllen, Texas. Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR), a 503-bed general acute care hospital and one of the largest physician-owned facilities in the United States.
Can you separate fact from fiction when it comes to debating hospital costs in today’s market? With construction pricing at a level not seen in years, hospitals are considering implementing capital projects before costs begin to rise. Even in the current economic environment, many are taking advantage of alternative financing to execute a much-needed project in order to be more competitively aggressive once the market turns.
Now might be an excellent time to get an advanced degree in nursing, according to experts at the U.S. News University Directory. Not only are nurses in high demand, but expert nurses like nurse practitioners could earn near-six figure incomes.
The State of Alabama Medicaid Agency has intensified its payment accuracy efforts by embarking on a two-year effort to review claims and identify any funds owed to the state.
In testimony before the New Jersey Senate's Health and Human Services Committee this week, New Jersey Hospital Association president Betsy Ryan argued against imposing rigid nurse-to-patient staffing ratios on hospitals.
Fifteen governors have reportedly informed the federal government they will not take part in managing high-risk health insurance pools in their states. The pools are part of the new healthcare reform law.