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.

Jan. 3, 2013, has become a major deadline for the entire country as President Barack Obama and leaders in Congress try to avert the "fiscal cliff," also known as the sequestration plan.

Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems has closed on a $2.1 million mortgage loan as it plans to acquire a 46,000-square-foot medical complex in Ellijay, Ga.

Last month, the Utah Hospital Association announced it would not endorse the healthcare law's Medicaid expansion, and Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare — touted by President Barack Obama as a model healthcare system — was one of the main cosignatories…

For healthcare providers, a patient missing an appointment is not only detrimental for care, but it is also synonymous with lost revenue for the hospital. In times of dollar-crunching, hospitals are deploying strategies to help patients remember their appointment dates,…

Although the healthcare reform law's health insurance exchanges are a little more than a year away from full operation, 35 percent of hospital and health system executives said they have not began conversations with payors about participation in exchanges, according…

President Barack Obama's re-election made for a big Wednesday last week for the country's largest for-profit hospital operators, but many of those companies coughed up those gains by the end of the week.

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