With less than a week to go before the 2012 elections go into the history books, those in the hospital and healthcare industry can probably agree on one thing — it has been an exhaustive process.

Todd LaPorte has served as CFO of Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare since 2007, and now the three-hospital health system has become a preeminent provider within Arizona.

For executives at West Penn Allegheny Health System (pdf), fiscal year 2012 was as bad as feared. The Pittsburgh-based health system recorded operating losses of $112.5 million, and after factoring in investment income and donations, West Penn still lost $37.8…

Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems (pdf), which operates five acute-care hospitals in the Southeast, finished the fourth quarter of its 2012 fiscal year with a profit of $5.11 million — a significant change from the $11.3 million in losses the for-profit…

As Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital considers the different ways to overcome its financial troubles, city residents are trying to stop efforts that would end inpatient care, according to a Tennessean report.

It is critical healthcare providers receive payment in full for the services they provide as quickly as possible, but patient participation in the payment for healthcare services has made the whole process far more complex for healthcare providers. By better…

Eisenhower Medical Center, a 540-bed hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., has seen its ups and downs over the past decade, and Kimberly Osborne is rebuilding the hospital's financial base step by step.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and health insurer UnitedHealthcare have reached a new contract, according to a Hartford Business Journal report.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the $737 million in outstanding debt of West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh to "CCC" from "B+" in light of the health system's failed merger talks with health insurer Highmark.

Detroit Medical Center announced it has purchased ProCare Health Plan, a Detroit-based Medicaid HMO.