The American Hospital Association recently sent a letter (pdf) to CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, urging several clarifications on a worksheet hospitals use to report uncompensated care.

Locum tenens physicians play a vital role in the U.S. healthcare system. Locum tenens, according to its Latin origin, describes someone who temporarily fills in for someone else, and hospitals use locum tenens all the time in different scenarios.

U.S. hospitals and health systems are on the brink of a fiscal crisis. The impact of healthcare reform, coupled with demographic shifts, may devastate these organizations unless they begin reducing costs immediately. Reimbursement reductions and shifts in demand are likely…

Environmental consciousness has permeated its way into the supply chains of many industries, and currently, 54 percent of hospital executives believe green attributes are important in their purchasing decisions, according to a study by Johnson & Johnson.

Three physicians and health policy directors with Physicians for a National Health Program conducted a study on how Medicare pays private insurers, also known as Medicare Advantage plans, and they identified overpayments totaling $282.6 billion since 1985.

Little is known about the procedures of the relatively young Medicaid Recovery Auditors, also known as Medicaid RACs, but as those groups begin to conduct more actual audits, hospitals and other providers will soon gain an idea of what revenue…

A fear of the unknown is a natural human reaction, mostly because we want to know that we are safe. This especially applies in today's hospitals and health systems, as organizations want to make sure they are safe and stable…

Roughly 71 percent of healthcare CEOs believe improving clinical operations and care delivery performance are the biggest opportunities to save money within their organizations, according to a recent survey from Huron Healthcare.

Provena Health and Resurrection Health Care reported combined revenue of $1.3 billion for the first six months of this year, and hopes to boost its credit rating by raising revenue and cutting costs, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Banner Health, a 23-hospital health system based in Phoenix, announced it will now offer its patients one billing statement for all outstanding balances from any of its providers.