Capital Finance

Hospitals and health systems never seem to have enough capital – especially with the new initiatives and mandates driven by healthcare reform and other industry changes. Yet some providers seem to be overlooking one of their most favorable, easiest-to-access capital sources: their real estate.

Second quarter financial results show strong growth and reveal litigation challenges.

For boards, the biggest compensation issue isn't so much how much is too much or how much is too little, it's how much is necessary to recruit and retain the talent that will address the unprecedented business challenges these organizations are facing now and in the near future.

CMS' Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model requires a degree of patience that many of the participating organizations couldn't afford, as evidenced by the recent announcement that nine are leaving the program.

Community Health Systems has reduced its second quarter earnings forecast and announced it has received another subpoena related to an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into the hospital operator's admissions practices.

Tenet Healthcare's acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems could be bad news for some not-for-profit hospitals, particularly smaller ones, because it increases competition.

Members of the skilled nursing community have been voicing concerns about the sector's ability to remain viable in the face of continued reimbursement cuts from the federal government. A new analysis bolsters their argument that SNFs are on shaky ground.

The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Marilyn Tavenner, is out with a "Myths vs. Fact" clarification memo regarding the waiver of the employer mandate and whether the new health insurance exchanges will verify people's incomes when calculating subsidies.

More than half of the nation's accountable care organizations are using or looking into remote patient monitoring technology to manage chronic care populations, a new survey indicates, but questions remain as to whether that technology will be effective.

Integrating physicians into hospitals has been theorized to be a cost-saving measure. A new poll of physician executives indicates that such integration may actually increase healthcare costs.