This past December, the circus show known as the fiscal cliff finally left town — at least temporarily.

Acquisition and divestiture of healthcare-related real estate will continue in 2013, although the types of investments will likely change from the medical office portfolios that traded in 2012, according to the healthcare solutions group of Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle, a…

CFO Vera Schumann hasn't held her post at The Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H., for long. She made the move in November last year, having served in healthcare financial roles for over a decade in Minnesota, including a previous…

The retirement age at which beneficiaries become eligible for Medicare and Social Security should be raised from 65 to 70, according to The Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs representing the largest U.S. companies.

Ohio hospitals provided $3.1 billion in community benefit in 2010, $200 million more than the previous year, according to the Ohio Hospital Association.

Mississippi's insurance commissioner has the authority to operate a state health insurance exchange — not the governor, according to a report by the Clarion Ledger.

The largest for-profit and non-profit health systems are betting on innovative healthcare startups, hoping they bear fruit that they can use to cut costs and boost quality in their hospitals, according to a report by The Tennessean.

West Penn Allegheny Health System and health insurer Highmark, both based in Pittsburgh, have agreed to a deal in which Highmark would purchase the health system's debt at a discounted rate, thus avoiding bankruptcy.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services will pay a cash dividend of $0.05 per share on March 15.

Earlier this month, CMS explained that national healthcare expenditures officially grew only 3.9 percent in 2011, the third straight year of historically low spending growth. According to the most recent NHE figures from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health…