Larger hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers have recently shown an increased interest in outsourcing services such as cataract and ophthalmology, which is driving growth for companies like Vantage Outsourcing in Effingham, Ill.

Since February 2010, Richard Braun has led the financial direction of Upper Allegheny Health System, a unique two-hospital health system that straddles the New York-Pennsylvania border.

Last week, Moody's Investors Service issued a report citing that non-profit hospitals had a solid fiscal year 2011. Median revenue grew 5.3 percent, and hospitals generally kept their balance sheets cleaner and emphasized a healthier cash flow.

Naya Kehayes, managing principal and CEO of Eveia Health Consulting and Management, recommends hospitals and other providers ask payors these six questions regarding advertising and marketing within managed care contracts during negotiations.

When Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients started to increase at Beverly (Mass.) Hospital, part of Northeast Health System, the hospital knew it had to make changes to its revenue cycle to save money and create a more seamless process, according…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield have reached a new agreement on reimbursement rates, according to an Arkansas Business report.

On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a sweeping piece of legislation which had dramatic implications for healthcare, including payors, patients and providers. On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court…

Today, HHS issued a final rule (pdf) that officially changes the compliance date of ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014.

Earlier this month, a Kaiser Health News analysis found that 2,211 hospitals will face Medicare penalties under the Readmissions Reduction Program, but what are some of the actual costs for individual hospitals?

Non-profit hospitals made effective adjustments to their fiscal plans in fiscal year 2011, which led to stable median financial ratios, but healthcare reform, federal deficit pressures and continued slumps in patient demand may cause challenges, according to a report from…