Fauquier Health, a Warrenton, Va.-based not-for-profit health system, and LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tenn., have signed an agreement to create a joint venture in which the two will own and operate Fauquier Health. FULL STORY »
Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare and John C. Lincoln Health Network in Phoenix are forming an umbrella company to operate their five not-for-profit hospitals in order to adjust more nimbly to new payment and delivery models. FULL STORY »
Better medical care may arise from new public policies to promote more coordination from hospitals, doctors and others in healthcare, but there may be a high price to pay, according to two economists. FULL STORY »
Rulon Stacey and Bruce Schroffel, who helped create University of Colorado Health three years ago, are stepping down from their respective positions as president and CEO, effective Jan. 31. FULL STORY »
A list of the largest healthcare merger-and-acquisition deals through June 2013, ranked by announced purchase price based on Modern Healthcare reporting. Source: Modern Healthcare Insights 2013 Healthcare M&A Watch, Q1 and Q2 analysis. Published August 19, 2013, p. 34. FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam | August 17, 2013
| Print Magazine
The American Hospital Association posted an $8.7 million surplus in fiscal 2012, thanks in part to increased member activity coming from uncertainty surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, officials from the trade group said Thursday. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | August 17, 2013
| Print Magazine
“There are hospitals out there that have been independent for 80 years and they're saying, 'We're going to be independent for the next 100 years.' That's going to be a tall order. As other hospitals consolidate and grow around you, whatever niche you had will vaporize.” FULL STORY »
The operating performance of not-for-profit hospitals and health systems rated by Fitch Ratings improved in 2012. But last year may be the “high water mark” for hospital finances. FULL STORY »
U.S. Renal Care has completed its acquisition of Ambulatory Services of America after first announcing in June the planned merger of the dialysis companies. FULL STORY »
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