A new report by A.M. Best puts the survival of many small and midsize not-for-profit hospitals in question, due to lack of economies of scale, poor payor mix, higher overhead costs, fewer high-margin specialty service lines and an overall lower…

Cary Payne, administrator and CEO of Athens-Limestone Hospital in Athens, Ala., discussed why a public healthcare plan that would compete with private insurers would be detrimental to small hospitals in an article in The News Courier.

Alan Miller, CEO King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, discussed his opinions on a public-plan option and the lack of tort reform measures in the current healthcare reform bills in an article in MarketWatch.

Here is a list of the average length of stay, charges and costs per patient for U.S. hospitals by payor type, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2007 national statistics.

Partners HealthCare has narrowed its losses for third-quarter 2009 but still reported an $18 million deficit for the first nine months of the year, according to a report in the Boston Globe.

Here is a list of 11 companies for surgery centers and hospitals to know.

A recent survey from Equipment Leasing and Financing Association showed that while new sales and business were down for healthcare equipment, the number of facilities leasing or financing equipment increased, according to a report in the American Medical News.

A recent study by The Freedonia Group predicts that the disposable medical supply market will increase 4.6 percent annually to $59 billion in 2013, according to a Global Information press release.

Goodall Hospital, a 58-bed facility in Sanford, Me., plans to join the Portland-based MaineHealth system, pending state review, according to MaineHealth.

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