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Eliminating a traditional management exercise as old as the budget may seem risky to hospital CFOs, but many businesses have done just that. Some say using a 19th-century tool to manage a 21st-century organization makes little sense.

The hospital chargemaster assumed a new role in 2013 – that of a villain in the story of the already high and growing costs of healthcare. But it may be a case of miscasting.

UNC Health Care is using IBM big data analytics to help hospital workers reduce costly and preventable readmissions, decrease mortality rates and improve patient care.

Medicare Advantage plans are beginning to contribute to the moderating trend of the growth in Medicare per capita spending, which is at overall historic lows as a result of fewer hospital readmissions and shift to generic prescription medications.

Before you know it, the ICD-10 go-live date of October 2014 will be here, and for those 55 percent of physicians who have yet to begin implementation, it's looking like a rocky road ahead.  

The state of Washington finds itself in the middle of a trend that hardly anyone there ever saw coming: a wave of mergers and alliances between Catholic hospital chains and secular, taxpayer-supported community hospitals.

Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending October 18, 2013.

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined factors what factors may or may not affect hospital CEO compensation.

Dignity Health has formed a revenue cycle management company with Optum.

Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending October 11, 2013.