Operations

According to the nonprofit healthcare provider, operating revenue was $4.3 billion in the second quarter compared to $3.5 billion in the prior period.

Many providers are still utilizing technology that goes back decades and doesn’t have the functionality for an increasingly complex billing landscape, which raises the question: Are first-generation RCMs ripe for a "rip and replace" treatment?

In October 2014 ,the company agreed to pay $350 million and another $39 million in civil forfeiture to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce the referral of patients to its dialysis clinics.

Good managers don't live in boxes. And at Utah's Intermountain Healthcare, it's pretty much mandated that they break out of them, especially when it comes to improving revenue cycle management.

Federal penalties for high rates of patient readmissions are compelling hospitals to dig into the causes of the re-hospitalizations, which frequently have more to do with socioeconomic factors than the healthcare provided.

Outpatient payments for cancer hospitals were 37 percent higher than teaching hospitals for the same range of services, report finds.

The state of California is working to create an "ideal" long-term care delivery system. Here are three short-term actions that the state can take now to lay meaningful cornerstones for a more comprehensive overhaul.

The deal comes five years after Humana spent $790 million to buy Concentra, a network of 300 urgent care and physical centers and 245 work-site clinics in 38 states.

The consumer demand for price transparency is growing as patients pay more out-of-pocket expenses as deductibles rise.

Banner finished 2014 with $8.8 billion in total assets.