There are no bad service lines, says David Anderson, a managing director at BDC Advisors in San Francisco, but each specialty poses particular challenges. Here he describes some of the challenges associated with 10 service lines.

The National Institutes of Health have awarded The Cleveland Clinic and lead investigator Yu-Shang Lee, MD, $1 million to research treatments for spinal cord injuries, according to a report in Crain's Cleveland Business.

The West Tennessee Surgery Center, which recently opened on the campus of 660-bed Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tenn., is a 10-OR HOPD that replaces a 20-year-old facility.

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada will affiliate with the Nevada School of Medicine to become a teaching hospital under a plan approved by Clark County (Nev.) Commissioners, according to KTNV TV.

Michael Young, CEO of beleaguered Grady Hospital in Atlanta, said the hospital made money last year, cut length of stay from eight days to six and cut ED waiting time in half in 2009, according to an interview by WSB…

High-definition endoscopes and a new video processing system are helping gastroenterologists get a more accurate view during colonoscopies and upper-endoscopy procedures at Utah's Logan Regional Hospital, according to an article in the Cache Valley Daily.

HHS has released $162 million to 16 states and qualified state-designated entities to facilitate health information exchange and advance health information technology that meets federal standards, according to a release from HHS.

Sutter Health, a 26-hospital system based in Sacramento, Calif., will accelerate implementation of its electronic health record system, spending $400 million over the next five years, according to the San Francisco Business Times.

The American Medical Association, along with 95 state and specialty medical societies, submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the proposed rule outlining the meaningful use criteria for the electronic health records incentive programs, according…

Perhaps no process has as great an impact on a hospital's revenue cycle as procedure documentation and coding. When done accurately and efficiently, it can accelerate the billing cycle, reduce rejected or returned claims and increase revenues.