A hospital's teaching status could significantly alter its operating margin, as major teaching hospitals historically have had lower margins due to their research programs and high-cost cases.

Ron Hulscher has made a career of helping small hospitals in the Pacific Northwest, and he currently serves as CFO of the Mark Reed Health Care District, which is a critical access hospital in McCleary, Wash.

The top eight executives at Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, N.Y., have offered to remove themselves from the state's retirement system, a move that could save the hospital roughly $100,000 per year, according to WWNY report.

Memorial Health Care System in Chattanooga, Tenn., and health insurer UnitedHealthcare have agreed to new terms on a reimbursement contract, according to a Chattanoogan report.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has laid out a plan that will dish out $300 million to city hospitals damaged by Hurricane Sandy, according to an amNewYork report.

AARP and five other professional organizations sent a letter to leaders in Congress last week, pressing them to avert the impending Medicare cut to physicians and replace the sustainable growth rate altogether.

When states endure higher rates of unemployment, they usually incur a higher Medicare spending per capita and increased hospital use by Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study from Health Affairs.

The article below is reprinted with permission from The Capital Issue, a quarterly newsletter published by Lancaster Pollard.Capital spending by hospitals will likely remain flat through 2014-2015 amid a still weak economy, tight credit markets, the uncertain impact of the…

Richard Rico, CFO of Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., has more than 20 years of seasoned healthcare financial experience, and he has proved his versatility in several hospitals across the West Coast.

Eight of the largest for-profit hospital operators reported quarterly earnings over the past month. Seven of the eight companies recorded third quarter earnings for fiscal year 2012. Vanguard Health Systems posted first-quarter results for FY 2013.