Carolinas HealthCare System, the second-largest public hospital system in the country and based in Charlotte, N.C., recently had its non-profit status and transparency questioned as county officials said it behaves more like a private entity than a government-owned organization, according…

Paul D. Storiale has led the financial operations of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., as CFO since March 2010, and throughout his entire healthcare tenure, he has adhered to a common industry axiom: Change is constant,…

Case management, with its standards of practice of patient advocacy and resource stewardship and its role as a liaison between patients, payors and the healthcare team, is in a unique position to support the revenue cycle and bridge the gap…

St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, is the largest health system in the state, and CFO Jeff Taylor has helped transform St. Luke's financial operations from a single-hospital initiative to a five-hospital endeavor with annual operating revenue of more…

Seven acute-care hospitals and health systems have received credit downgrades in the past 30 days, according to a report by HFA Partners.

As patients begin to request price quotes for hospital services more frequently, there may be several advantages to honing in on more efficient patient charge estimates, according to a case study from Craneware (pdf).

Nineteen acute-care hospitals and health systems have issued tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds from May 16 to June 15, according to a report by HFA Partners.

The Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Payment and Access Commission, or MACPAC, submitted its June 2012 report to Congress, covering a wide array of topics from Medicaid access to the latest Medicaid and CHIP statistics on spending and enrollment.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, better known as MedPAC, released its June 2012 report (pdf) to Congress last Friday, and the main theme of the report was to focus on the beneficiary and change Medicare around the beneficiary.

A new report from Moody's Investors Service says that no matter how the Supreme Court rules on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — which is expected to be any day now — non-profit hospitals will be negatively impacted.