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.

High-priced hospitals and other providers in Massachusetts account for roughly four out of every five dollars paid by health insurers, according to a report from the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis (pdf).

For tax-exempt hospitals, March 2010 signaled an important moment. It was almost a national epiphany, indicating that non-profit hospitals and their property tax exemptions were no longer a foregone conclusion.

Two Boston physicians are launching a new journal that will focus on changes in the healthcare industry, including payment reform, according to a Boston Globe report.