Finances: Page 118
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US sees surge in hospital jobs growth
...and hospitals are increasingly reporting their best financial performances in years.
By Julie Henry • June 8, 2015 -
New Medicare disclosure reveals additional $12.4B in payments
Although docs who treated fewer than 11 patients overall are still omitted, "the totals displayed in the file are extremely close" to CMS' internal records.
By Heather Caspi • June 5, 2015 -
Scripps Health in midst of financial growth, expansion
Fitch has upgraded the hospital system, noting that its growth has occurred in a competitive market.
By Heather Caspi • June 5, 2015 -
As big mergers pull referrals out of NYC market, city hospitals look to NJ acquisitions
Mount Sinai and North Shore-LIJ have already expanded into New Jersey via affiliations.
By Nina Flanagan • June 4, 2015 -
Moody's: Medicaid expansion is not a silver bullet for hospitals
Has the impact of reducing bad debt on hospital bottom lines been overstated?
By Nina Flanagan • June 4, 2015 -
Acadia boosts international presence with behavorial health system purchases
Acquisitions in the behavioral health market have already outpaced 2014, at $219 million so far this year.
By Nina Flanagan • June 4, 2015 -
Trinity Health reaps benefits from patient volume increase, acquisitions
Seventeen of the system's 19 regions experienced an increase in volume.
By Julie Henry • June 3, 2015 -
Study: Inefficient billing wastes billions in healthcare dollars
The report surveyed over 100,000 providers.
By Julie Henry • June 2, 2015 -
Piedmont, Newton Medical Center form partnership in shifting GA market
The healthcare landscape in Georgia continues to change dramatically. Is a Tenet exit from the market next?
By Julie Henry • June 2, 2015 -
SSM Health acquires academic medical center from Tenet
The 19-hospital network has been looking to add an academic medical center to compete with BJC HealthCare.
By Julie Henry • June 2, 2015 -
NextCare continues to acquire new urgent care centers
The provider has opened or acquired 23 clinics across the U.S. in the last 12 months alone.
By Julie Henry • June 1, 2015 -
Cleveland Clinic sees huge jump in operating income
Q1 is up 45% from the same period last year. What caused the increase?
By Julie Henry • June 1, 2015 -
11 factors that can mediate the cost of a data breach
The worldwide per capita cost of a stolen record in the healthcare industry is $363, making it the most expensive industry for breach.
By Katie Bo Williams • May 29, 2015 -
Are things looking up for struggling nonprofits?
The median revenue growth at not-for-profit hospitals just outpaced the median increase in expenses in 2014, Moody's finds.
By Heather Caspi • May 29, 2015 -
Uncompensated care drives income losses for PN hospitals even as revenues rise
Operating expenses outpaced more than $40 billion statewide in revenue growth.
By Julie Henry • May 27, 2015 -
Allscripts cuts US jobs, expands outsourcing to India
Is this the tip of the iceberg? The global healthcare IT outsourcing market is predicted to grow 7.6% each year, totaling $50.4 billion in 2018.
By Nina Flanagan • May 27, 2015 -
Cerner reveals record sales of $4.25B in 2014
The IT giant reported new business with state, speciality, regional and community hospitals and record sales in physician markets.
By Nina Flanagan • May 27, 2015 -
UPMC cuts costs, offers buyout to 3,500 employees
The nonprofit is battling sluggish demand for hospital-based services by offering a voluntary severance package to 5.6% of its workforce.
By Katie Bo Williams • May 27, 2015 -
Was the April spike in healthcare prices a fluke or the beginning of a trend?
Prices for medical services rose a whopping 0.9% in April—the highest jump since the summer of 1990.
By Julie Henry • May 26, 2015 -
Boston Children's Hospital buys first medical practice
This is Boston Children's first out-of-state acquisition—and its first acquisition of a medical practice.
By Julie Henry • May 26, 2015 -
WellSpan Health, Philhaven seek approval for mental health affiliation
The partnership aims to integrate medical and mental healthcare in south central Pennsylvania.
By Heather Caspi • May 22, 2015 -
Ascension to raise minimum wage to $11 per hour
The decision will impact 10,000 workers—about 7% of Ascension's 150,000 employees.
By Katie Bo Williams • May 22, 2015 -
Deep Dive
What Tenet's exit from GA and NC says about for-profits in non-expansion states
Are for-profit operators going to pull out of states that have refused to expand Medicaid?
By Julie Henry • May 22, 2015 -
Welltok acquires Predilytics to boost consumer health analytics
The platform will be available to consumers through health managers, employers, health plans and providers.
By Nina Flanagan • May 21, 2015 -
Montgomery County Planning Commission
CVS to buy nursing home pharmacy Omnicare for $12.7B
The consequent spike in pharmaceutical services for older Americans will only bolster CVS' position as the largest retail Rx dispenser in the U.S.
By Sy Mukherjee • May 21, 2015
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