Capital Finance

While chemistry previously ruled hospital clinical laboratories, in today's labs immunoassay is equally important. Indeed, these blended systems represent the lab's largest capital outlay.

Global private equity investment in the healthcare industry has been shrinking for a few years now, but the dropoff has been felt particularly in Europe and the U.S. Asia, on the other hand, is vacuuming up PE dollars lost to the west.

The overall market for angiography services should remain stable in the near future. But one long term growth trend to keep watch on is the shift towards improving prevention based on early identification, reducing risk factors, education and early intervention if necessary.

Hospital Marina Salud de Denia, described as a model for what the hospital of the future should look like, is well on its way to fulfilling its promise. But can its financial achievements be duplicated by U.S. facilities?

Surprisingly, the due diligence process is easier for hospitals acquiring large medical practices than for those buying smaller physician groups. But close analysis of small practice finances is essential during acquisition, as the results determine the very structure of the transaction.

As healthcare reimbursement shifts from a system that rewards quantity of care to quality of care, the onus is on the CFO to determine where best to allocate financial resources and how best to pare them.

If post-acute care providers want to remain viable as businesses, they’re going to have to invest in technology.

Honolulu's Kuakini Medical Center was anticipating an enormous capital investment to upgrade its energy systems, when a golden opportunity came along.

Squeezed budgets make it difficult to finance hospital equipment, so hospitals are turning to flexible equipment financing as a solution.

Cigna reported solid revenue growth in 2013 but the insurer plans on being proactive in order to curtail rising costs.