This article briefly highlights five concepts from the William Blair & Company survey of hospital administrators. The survey included discussions with 27 administrators and 10 senior executives and specifically focused on capital spending and the impact on companies such as…

Tenet Healthcare Corp. saw its stock hit all-time lows after announcing disappointing third-quarter results, and Wall Street analysts expect further challenges in 2009, according to published reports.

Here are how the specialties fare in terms of gross charges and net revenue per case in ASCs; they are listed in descending order of net revenue achieved. These figures come from the 2008 VMG Health Intellimarker.

Here are 10 stats and trends relating to hospital and health plan expenses from data gathered and references by the American Hospital Association.

Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Hospitals in New York are bracing themselves for the potential impact they may feel as a result of the financial crisis on Wall Street, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Here are the top ten procedures associated with the most costly stays in hospitals, with the mean charges for the hospital stay, according to 2003 statistics from 17 selected states.

There are nine keys to optimizing revenue cycle, according to a survey of "gold-standard performers" conducted by LarsonAllen, a nationally recognized CPA, consulting and advisory firm based in Minneapolis, and Gateway EDI, a St. Louis-based national clearinghouse. The firms extensively…

The power of nonprofit hospital systems over regional communities has "increased in recent years as their incomes have surged," the Wall Street Journal reports in its Aug. 28 edition. The result, say critics, is the creation of "untaxed local health-care…

As part of a series of healthcare bills signed into law by New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, hospitals in the state will now be required to file monthly, rather than quarterly, unaudited financial information to help the state identify…