When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices?

There's a strong financial outlook for the pending "mega-merger" between Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System and Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health System, according to a Detroit Free Press report.

For the past 27 years, David Miller has been an integral part of the financial foundation of Dayton (Ohio) Children's, a 155-bed freestanding hospital that is a regional leader in pediatric care.

In 2010, small businesses with fewer than 50 employees cut back on health insurance options, as only 49 percent of workers in small firms were offered and eligible for employer-sponsored healthcare, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund.

Last week, CMS approved Washington's HealthPathWashington initiative — a project that aims to improve the care of state residents enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.

Hospitals and health systems engaged in clinical trials enjoy several benefits — the ability to provide the latest treatment options to patients, the prestige of being a research organization, as well as possible opportunities for additional revenue streams.

Third-quarter profit for Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America hit earlier estimates of $360 million, which is significantly higher than last year but lower than expectations from the beginning of the quarter.

A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that per capita Medicare spending is growing three times faster for seniors in the United States compared with seniors in Canada.

A consortium of major employers and unions has partnered with non-profit group Catalyst for Payment Reform (pdf), demanding that hospitals and health insurers make healthcare price information more readily available for their employees by 2014.

The Medicaid expansion provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will start in 2014, adding millions of people to Medicaid rolls, but hospitals and other providers may not understand how to best tailor their medical and business practices…