Accounting & Financial Management
New York City Health and Hospitals plans to save close to $140 million by finding value across the spectrum.
An additional dollar in list price was associated with an additional 15 cents in payment to a hospital for privately insured patients, according to the study.
Health systems target operating room waste, energy efficiency, recycling and even printers to cut back.
GOP plans to expand their use could expand competition among those who manage these accounts, experts say.
With no servers to buy, and no need to hire IT staff, cloud solutions prove they're an affordable way to quickly modernize, executives say.
In January, Elliott Management bought 8.3 percent shares in The Advisory Board for $130 million.
American Hospital Association, Federation of American Hospitals and America's Essential Hospital all say Medicaid changes would hurt provider margins.
The health system reported a fourth-quarter loss of $79 million, or 79 cents a share, on revenue of $4.86 billion.
UPMC reported net income of $616 million for the past six months, driven by a 14 percent jump in health plan revenue.
For some hospitals to survive or break even, it would require Congress to restore billions of dollars in funding that kept hospitals afloat before the 2010 law took effect.