Accounting & Financial Management

This week the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its annual solicitation of recommendations for new or modified safe harbor provisions under the federal anti-kickback statute, as well as potential topics for new OIG Special Fraud Alerts.

If electronic funds transfer via ACH saves healthcare organizations' money and allows staff to focus on secondary billing and improve cash flow, why haven't more providers moved from check payments to EFT via ACH?

Wrangell Medical Center, a critical access hospital and long-term care facility, is on the edge of financial collapse, an independent audit by Anchorage, Alaska-based BDO USA found. A failed attempt to build a new hospital drained the hospital’s coffers of $3.5 million.

As 2014 winds down, we've taken a look back at some of the biggest stories in healthcare finance in the past year. See what you may have missed.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare has named Lori Ritchey-Baldwin chief financial officer after serving as vice president of finance for the past two years

Healthcare provider reimbursement continues to decline and costs continue to increase, eating away at net income. Here are some ways to increase the net income of your practice during the next year.

Most healthcare organizations offer benefit programs aimed at keeping workers in both good physical and mental health. But less common are healthcare employers that can prove those same programs actually save the organization money.

Revenue cycle upgrades at U.S. hospitals have been pushed aside, in favor of preparation for the October 2015 ICD-10 transition and the chase for incentives tied to electronic health records, according to a Black Book survey of chief financial officers.

Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives saw its credit rating cut this week when Standard & Poor’s dropped it from a A+ to an A over first quarter losses.

Juneau, Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital recently named Alan Ulrich its new chief financial officer.