Strategic Planning

Under current conditions, operating loss for the five hospitals studied would be $190 million in 2019, according to Navigant Consulting.

As more health systems merge, consolidate and diversify, many organizations are looking to combine disparate hospital and physician billing offices into one single billing office. But consider a few key steps before embarking on an SBO migration.

By engaging patients through a multifaceted strategy that takes advantage of information technology tools consumers already own and access on a continual basis, providers can improve the likelihood that patient engagement is successful.

Result of King vs. Burwell will not end the health law, says Anil Joseph, managing director for the Investment Research Group at GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services.

Inpatient admissions increased 2.4 percent year-over-year across Tenet's 80 hospitals and 200 outpatient sites.

Suit claims that the SEIU tried to thwart the $843 million acquisition agreement with Prime Healthcare Services, by conspiring with rival takeover bidder Blue Wolf Capital Partners.

Projecting the financial future of a healthcare delivery system is like hitting a continually moving target being pushed in various directions by a wide variety of forces. But sometimes small steps can offer big benefits.

A hospital acquiring medical practices is not news. But hospitals having enough managers who can integrate and manage medical practices in a hospital-controlled environment is news.

Conditions include keeping all the hospitals open 10 years -- with four of them as acute care facilities -- maintaining charity care and community benefit spending, participating in Medicaid and providing essential health and reproductive services.

Connecting CFOs and clinicians on population health initiatives involves understanding how each group's environment influences decision-making.