For the past 11 years, Andy Woodard has served in various financial capacities at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Miss., and as CFO, he has helped the hospital maintain its strong financial position in the region.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America is the topic of another exposé from the New York Times. The newspaper analyzed HCA's business model — specifically, the relationship between quality of care and booming profits — after it honed in on…

The Readmissions Reduction Program, which is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has finally reared its head at hospitals, as 2,211 hospitals will be penalized a cumulative $280 million in Medicare funds due to high rates of…

Two new reports from Standard & Poor's Rating Services found that median ratios for U.S. non-profit healthcare systems and standalone hospitals were stable in fiscal year 2011, but that trend may not hold for much longer.

Recent history suggests hospitals will continue to struggle to record a positive Medicare margin, especially as healthcare reform and pay-for-performance programs start to take shape.

Utah's Office of the Inspector General is looking to delay the state's Medicaid overhaul toward managed care, saying the managed care contracts "lack proper controls," according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.

A bankruptcy judge has approved a motion that would force Sadler Clinic, a physician practice based in Conroe, Texas, to convert from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7, according to a Courier of Montgomery County report.

Managed care contracting between commercial payors and healthcare organizations is like a waltz — it's an art form, and it's not always done well.

Partners HealthCare is a healthcare titan in the Boston area — with $8 billion in revenue and assets valued at approximately $10 billion — and Peter Markell is responsible for the entire financial operation as CFO.

Here are the top five most commonly denied procedures and descriptions codes for ambulatory healthcare facilities.