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In signing a 10-year deal with drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp. and mulling the possibility of taking up to a 23% equity stake in the company, Walgreen Co. is inching closer to becoming a vertically integrated drug dispenser, a spokesman confirmed.
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The grim uncertainty that froze the healthcare construction industry during the Great Recession appears to have lifted—only to be replaced with a new type of uncertainty.
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Hospitals have been gobbling up physician practices at a rapid clip in recent years, raising concern among antitrust regulators that some of the acquisitions will lead to monopolistic practices such as price gouging. Yet the government still hasn't brought a single case to trial, which would...
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Many hospitals that expect to see less from Medicare starting next month will spend less themselves under efforts to slash costs. Executives say they'll have no choice as pressure to curb healthcare spending grows.
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Publicly traded hospital systems weathered a volatile year with a buoyant run in the stock market—but financial results coming out of earnings season were more tempered.
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New research on hospitals' power to raise prices for commercial insurers suggests many hospitals lack the market muscle to do so, but the news isn't all good for patients.
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The pace of healthcare deals held strong through the end of 2012, but fewer companies entered big-dollar megadeals.
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One of the nation's largest health insurers will acquire its first hospital in a deal expected to close this week, but still unresolved is Highmark's $1.1 billion bid for a distressed health system central to its ambitious expansion plans.
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In 2010, Memorial Medical Center, a small hospital in rural San Augustine, Texas, saw its financial losses grow along with demand from patients who could not afford to pay. The hospital's subsidies for free medical care to low-income patients swallowed 4.5% of its budget by the end of the year.
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At Castlewood Treatment Center, patients with eating disorders receive intensive, one-on-one therapy at three estate-like residential campuses nestled in the hills of St. Louis.
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