When Michael King, CFO of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., was completing his undergrad, he became certified as an emergency medical technician — a feat he says helped him get to this point today.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a 150-page report (pdf) yesterday that included several recommendations on how to improve the $3.7 trillion municipal securities market.

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a pioneering bill yesterday that will not let the rate of healthcare spending exceed that of the state economy through 2017, according to a New York Times report.

A draft of a New Jersey Health Department audit on Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J., which was bought by for-profit private investment firm MHA last year, identified financial problems despite the hospital's profitability, according to a report from…

Here are the top 21 claim adjustment codes, followed by reason codes, reflecting why a claim wasn't paid or was paid differently than billed. These codes pertain to claims for all specialties across the country from April 23 through July…

When it comes to ICD-10 and ICD-11, there are generally two camps. There are those that believe ICD-10 is a necessary coding step to take, and all hospitals and providers should make the steady progress toward its adoption. There are…

James Sances had a full plate as CFO of Arlington, Ill.-based Alexian Brothers Health System in the past year, but his hard work is paying off.

The Recovery Audit (RAC) Prepayment Review demonstration will officially begin Aug. 27, according to a recent release from CMS.

Health insurer Aetna reported second quarter net income of $457.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012 — a 14.7 percent decline from last year's total of $536.7 million.

Hospital and healthcare CFOs are going through some of the most turbulent financial times the sector has seen in a long time, but looking to successful corporate CFOs in other industries could help those who need a little guidance.