Doug Arvin, CPA, is not just any CFO within the Cincinnati area. He is considered one of the best.

Urological surgeries performed in ambulatory surgery centers and physician offices instead of hospital outpatient departments are significantly less expensive, and shifting the cases from hospitals to ASCs could save millions of Medicare dollars annually, according to a study published in…

Stocks at for-profit hospital operators have taken a beating for the third consecutive week, as the seven largest on the market all lost at least 2 percent in their shares last week.

Here are 11 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.

One of the primary healthcare providers in the Albany, N.Y., region, St. Peter's Health Partners, officially became the health system it is today earlier this month, and CFO Thomas Schuhle oversees its growing finances.

Similar to 2011, financial results varied widely among community hospitals this year, as 23 percent said they had negative operating margins while 29 percent reported operating margins higher than 4 percent, according to the second annual Community Hospital Survey from…

West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh has $737 million in outstanding debt obligations, and the financially flailing health system's investors are urging for more transparency, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

The past three years have been disastrous for Jackson Health System, the public-owned health system in Miami, but the system's fiscal year ended Sept. 30 with a surplus, according to a Miami Herald report.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will host a Medicare Fee-for-Service National Provider Call on preparing physicians for ICD-10 implementation on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. EST.

The American Hospital Association will host a two webinars for its members on recovery auditor issues, with the first scheduled for Oct. 31, according to an AHA News Now report.