Capital Finance

Physicians aren't so much team players. Giving up decision-making control to someone else isn't in their DNA. But being an entrepreneur requires being a team player, giving up control, and managing people. It's a skill we have to learn.

For hospitals and health networks considering a development project or real estate transaction, engaging an advisor can provide numerous benefits. But how do you properly evaluate a firm in order to select the right advisor?

With venture capital firms investing record amounts in the healthcare space, mobile health entrepreneurs are keen to take advantage. As a result, next month's mHealth Summit Venture+ Forum may be the place to see many deals go down.

Mark Claster, vice chair of the Board of Trustees at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, says that, to drive growth, hospitals need to focus on cost control, value-based medicine and managing populations.

According to a new report by Moody's Investors Service, the health insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act may increase risks to credit quality that will pressure not-for-profit hospital revenues in 2014.

If you're trying to beef up the value of a medical practice in advance of selling it, don't bother upgrading your electronic health record system.

Florida's Baptist Health has devised a more efficient way to manage their medical devices and share risk, and it's helping them place real controls on capital costs.

Once an independent hospital decides it wants to join a larger hospital or health system, it must do the footwork to prepare for a merger and find the right partner.

Keeping a medical practice going these days has become a complex and pricey endeavor. Near the top of the list of increasing costs: information technology.

While economic pressures are external drivers, there are several internal indicators that may signal when an independent hospital should consider aligning itself with a partner.