Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Ba2 rating to King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services and its proposed $500 million incremental term loan.

Marc Nakagawa never thought he'd be so engrossed, professionally, with the healthcare sector. Twelve years later after his first accounting position at a hospital, he now finds himself as CFO of Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., which is part…

Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark will launch a new health plan, Community Blue, in western Pennsylvania starting Jan. 1, but most University of Pittsburgh Medical Center hospitals and physicians will be considered out-of-network.

Every hospital CFO position has its own unique challenges, but for Maria Joyce, her challenges are truly one-of-kind.

Halifax Health, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., has reached a consensus among retirees, current employees and the board of directors on how to treat its pension plans going forward, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.

For hospital CFOs, having enough cash on hand is requisite today to have a good financial standing, and in a similar vein, it's important to have enough cash to cover the hospital's total debt.

Why should financial executives at hospitals care about ERISA? The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 came about because in the mid-1960s the Studebaker automobile company went bankrupt and the retired employees lost their retirement benefits. Congress passed this…

Henry Franey has more than 30 years of experience within the hospital and healthcare sector, and he currently oversees the financial strategy of the University of Maryland Medical System, the third-largest employer in the Baltimore metro area.

Coordinated Health – Bethlehem (Pa.) and Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark have ended their contract after the two sides could not negotiate new payment rates, according to a Morning Call report.

Last week, CMS approved California's amendment to enact the Community First Choice Option (pdf), a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that incentivizes states to provide home health services to low-income seniors and people with disabilities in…