Accounting & Financial Management
Hospitals are being sold for about $45 million, "including working capital" deal is expected to close next year.
A host of healthcare experts from provider organizations, payers and technology vendors are set to speak.
Top finance job demands more strategizing, collaboration and concern over quality than ever before.
A 2013 study showed that charity care constituted only 1.9 percent of nonprofit hospitals' operating expenses.
For some, acquiring technology, building data infrastructure and hiring IT professionals to crunch the data is just too costly.
CEO Jay Deady says that the new money will go toward product development.
In a call with investors on Wednesday, CHS CEO Wayne Smith said the company expects to raise $1.2 billion through the sale of its hospitals and other assets.
Company's profit fell 6 percent to $617.8 million and it expected ACA enrollment to fall by 300,000 members.
Practices are making frequent use of satisfaction surveys, cutting wait times, but more extended hours are needed, results show.
Insurer's health services business, Optum spurred growth.