Accounting & Financial Management

This year, Healthcare Finance is asking its audience of healthcare finance decision-makers to help us rank the top issues with its inaugural, "Year that was, year that will be" survey.

As the state-run Hawaii Health Systems Corp. faces a $50 million budget shortfall, one of its key executives is mulling his options after laying claim to some of the system's most successful initiatives.

The role of the chief financial officer is one in flux, and areas not traditionally under their authority are now taking center stage.

According to the CareCloud Practice Profitability Index, about 59 percent of owners surveyed said they were not planning to sell or merge, an uptick compared to the 54 percent who said the same thing last year.

Only a third of providers interviewed believe the ACA will lower the per-patient cost of healthcare, compared to two-thirds a year ago, according to a 2015 Mortenson Healthcare Industry study.

Due to concerns of insolvency, federal and state officials have ordered the nonprofit co-op Health Republic Insurance of New York to cease writing policies and to close by the end of the year.

A significant number of people accessing ED care for overdoses are coming from underinsured populations where almost no subsidy is paid back to the healthcare provider.

Both CEO Keith M. McNeil and CFO Paul James of Cambridge have resigned, and the finances are under investigation.

Leaders from Mercy Hospital Joplin, Partners HealthCare, South Nassau Communities Hospitals explain how their systems bounced back from natural disasters and share tips on how healthcare leaders can prepare for the worst Mother Nature can dish out.

The vast majority leave their contributions in savings accounts instead where the money may earn lower returns.