If hospitals and health systems focus their efforts on becoming a "sustainable" organization to reduce their costly environmental footprints, they could realize savings of $15 billion over 10 years, according to a study from The Commonwealth Fund (pdf).

Community Hospital Consulting, one of Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corp.'s three distinct organizations, has added Gunnison (Colo.) Valley Health as a consulting client.

A recent article by David McCann, senior editor at CFO Magazine, argues that President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law may indeed reduce healthcare costs, but it will be a "relative drop in the bucket" to unraveling the "problem of back-breaking"…

Before hospitals and health systems can dive into a bundled payment demonstration or pilot program, CFOs and other executive leadership must understand the impact bundled payments can have on their organizations as well as patients.

Hospitals and health systems are officially less than two years away from the go-live date of ICD-10. By Oct. 1, 2014, all providers must have made the transition to ICD-10.

John Geppi, CFO of Covenant Health in Knoxville, Tenn., has helped the seven-hospital system become one of the most financially viable providers in east Tennessee, and for his efforts, he has earned extra recognition.

HHS and CMS officials have said they still need more information before they can approve or deny $20 million in cuts to Maine's Medicaid program, and Gov. Paul LePage (R) has called the response "at worst, political delay," according to…

While most states are instituting austerity policies and spending cuts on their Medicaid programs, Colorado is bucking that trend, as Gov. John Hickenlooper proposed an 8.6 percent increase in healthcare funding for 2013-14, according to a Denver Post report.

Net income at health insurer Humana dropped 4.3 percent in the third quarter of 2012 compared with last year, totaling $426 million.

Hurricane Sandy forced the stock markets to close on Monday and Tuesday last week, but when the markets opened back up on Halloween, for-profit hospital operators saw their share values jump.