For hospital executives who thought 2012 was a tough financial year, 2013 may be even more constricting.

This April, Alan Strauss officially became CFO of Carondelet Health Network, a three-hospital system based in Tucson, Ariz., that is also home to the world-renowned Carondelet Neurological Institute.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently ruled (pdf) that a 2004 HHS rule change in how Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments were calculated must be vacated due to the department's "gravely flawed" rulemaking process.

Glenview Capital Management has grown its ownership of Franklin, Tenn.-based hospital operator Community Health Systems, as the New York City-based hedge fund now owns 7.65 million CHS shares — roughly 8.4 percent of CHS' outstanding shares, according to a recent…

The article below is reprinted with permission from The Capital Issue, a quarterly newsletter published by Lancaster Pollard.This is the first in a series about the most common mistakes non-profit organizations make when considering their investment portfolio. Not being aware…

Thanksgiving week trading was generally kind to for-profit hospital operators, as a majority experienced increases in share values.

Here are four issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.

Most ICD-10 financial risk information may be targest for CFOs because of their position, but CIOs can benefit from financial risk assessments as well, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services will pay its shareholders a cash dividend of $0.05 per share on Dec. 17.

For the past eight-plus years, Melony Williams Goodhand has served as vice chancellor for finance and CFO of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, one of the largest health systems in the state.