Capital Finance
Ten years ago, executives at MaineGeneral Health, a rural healthcare system consisting of several acute care hospitals, physician practices, outpatient facilities and homecare services in central Maine, knew they had a decision to make regarding two of their facilities: they could upgrade their buildings or start from scratch.
MaineGeneral Health's cutting-edge new hospital regionalizes healthcare for the area.
The nation's 1,200 nonprofit community health centers receive strong federal support to treat millions of uninsured residents, but still face financial challenges. Some are responding with an unusual strategy -- starting for-profit insurance plans.
Merger and acquisition activity continued at a robust pace in the closing months of 2013, and by all accounts, the industry will see more of the same in 2014.
How do the credit ratings agencies determine hospitals' ratings? And what are the differences between hospitals receiving high ratings and those receiving low? Healthcare Finance News talked to some ratings experts to get the inside scoop.
Six months after merging to become the second-largest not-for-profit U.S. healthcare system, CHE Trinity Health is beginning to enjoy the strategic benefits promised by the union. The key factor driving the strategic rationale of the merger was the shared culture of both enterprises.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the HHS Inspector General finalized the Stark law exemption on Friday, which allows hospitals to fund up to 85 percent of EHR costs for physicians.
The march toward accountable care is reshaping the market for home care and hospice providers.
Nonprofit healthcare providers may be at a tipping point with mounting negative pressures and more downgrades anticipated in 2014, a recent Standard & Poor's ratings report said.
LifePoint Hospitals, headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., acquires the struggling Bell Hospital and forms a joint venture with Portage Health.