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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A May 2009 survey of nearly 1,300 healthcare providers found that almost half of healthcare providers do not know the amount a patient will owe them at the time of service, according to a news release from NaviNet, a healthcare…

Here is a list of the 10 most expensive medical conditions treated in U.S. hospitals by average hospital costs, with average hospital charges, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2007 national statistics.

Martin Winter, a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal and co-head of the Healthcare Industry Group, discusses trends in hospitals leading up to the economic downfall and provides his insight on how hospitals will come out of the "Great Recession."

New data from The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania show that the average total margin for general acute care hospitals in the state are at -3.59 percent for the period from July 2008-Mar. 2009, a 7.8 percentage point drop…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA has doubled its net income to $282 million in the second quarter of 2009 from $141 million in the second quarter of 2008, according to a report by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.