Leadership & Management

The following report was compiled by Principle Valuation, based on hospital financial reports obtained through the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) database.

Most industries today are faced with a variety of obstacles in achieving or remaining profitable. The healthcare industry is no exception. Profitability is enough of a challenge under normal circumstances, but especially so during fragile economic times. Uncertain revenue streams…

According to a report by Moody's Investors Service released on July 25, non-profit hospitals experienced the lowest revenue growth of more than a decade during fiscal year 2010, according to an AHA News Now report.

A House Subcommittee has approved a bill that would reauthorize $330 million in annual funding for five years to the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program, according to an AHA News Now report.

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach, Va., will open on Aug. 4.

A new, $654 million patient tower at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is on track to open in Jan. 2012, according to a Rush news release.

Here are 10 recent Stark, false claims and kickback lawsuits involving hospitals and health systems.

Even though North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital was denied designation as a critical access hospital, it is largely expected the hospital will emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a Berkshire Eagle report.

In a webinar titled "Guaranteed Resource Use New Savings and New Revenues," Richard Kunnes, MD, managing principal and CEO of The Sevenex Group, described how hospitals can achieve significant savings and new revenues by advanced managing of resource use.

HCA Holdings' weaker-than-expected earnings led shares of the hospital operator to drop 19 percent yesterday, bringing down other hospital sector stocks with it, according to a report by The Tennessean.