Dean Swindle, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Catholic Health Initiatives, talks about his system's rationale for entering into a revenue-cycle business venture with Conifer Health Solutions. Under the deal, Englewood, Colo.-based CHI will outsource its revenue-cycle... FULL STORY »
Members of National Nurses United and a crowd of thousands converged on Chicago's Daley Plaza May 18 to make a stand against Wall Street profits in a rally organized to coincide with the NATO summit May 20-21. FULL STORY »
Dr. Susan Turney, president and CEO of the MGMA-ACMPE, sat down with Jessica Zigmond, Modern Healthcare's Washington bureau chief, to discuss the role physicians are playing in accountable care organizations, the future legal status of the healthcare reform law and possible reform of Medicare's... FULL STORY »
Joanie Perkins, director of network development for North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville, Miss., was an attendee at the National Rural Health Association annual meeting in Denver. She spoke with Modern Healthcare's Paul Barr on April 19 at the conference about efforts and programs at North... FULL STORY »
Henry Ford Health System President and CEO Nancy Schlichting was in Washington this past week to accept the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. She spoke with Modern Healthcare's Jessica Zigmond on April 16 at the National Press Club about system operations pending the U.S. Supreme Court's... FULL STORY »
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius say they are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the healthcare reform law, and Holder said that President Barack Obama hasn't gone out of bounds in his remarks about the possibility that the justices will reach a different... FULL STORY »
Inside the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices and lawyers debate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the last of three days of arguments on the law. Outside, state attorneys general who challenged the law say they're "cautiously optimistic" that a majority of the justices saw things... FULL STORY »
Outside the U.S. Supreme Court, Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack speaks at a rally in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and McDermott Will & Emery partner Joel Michaels talks to Modern Healthcare Washington Bureau Chief Jessica Zigmond about the arguments taking... FULL STORY »
Michael Dowling, president and CEO of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, stopped by Modern Healthcare's Chicago office and shared his predictions for the outcome of the historic healthcare-reform case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps the final day of the American College of Healthcare Executives' 2012 Congress on Healthcare Leadership. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with ACHE President and CEO Thomas Dolan, about the 2012 Congress theme, "Focus," and how this year's event has played out. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Dennis Vonderfecht, president and CEO of the Mountain States Health Alliance in Johnson City, Tenn., about quality improvement efforts at a system level. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps Tuesday night's and Wednesday's events at the American College of Healthcare Executives' 2012 Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago. Highlights included Modern Healthcare's Puttin' on the Ritz cocktail party for Congress attendees and a... FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Gayle Capozzalo, chairman of the ACHE and an executive vice president at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health, about the challenge of improving efficiency while maintaining high standards of care and the importance of diversity within healthcare's... FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Alan Channing, president and CEO of Chicago's Sinai Health System, about engaging with the community to promote population health management and reduce costs. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Nebraska Medical Center President and CEO Glenn Fosdick about executive compensation and NMC's plans for an accountable care organization. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Andy Davidson, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, about the state's new law implementing coordinated care organizations. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps highlights from the second day of the American College of Healthcare Executives' 2012 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, including advice from Alyson Pitman Giles, former president and CEO of CMC Healthcare System, for rising healthcare executives... FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Dr. Alan Kaplan, senior vice president and chief medical officer of Iowa Health System, about physician-hospital alignment and creating an integrated team that can work to reduce healthcare costs and promote coordinated care. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Gabriel Perez, president and chairman of the National Forum for Latino Healthcare Executives, about diversity in healthcare hiring. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with retired Excellus Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Rochester, N.Y.) CEO Howard Berman about Berman's career accomplishments and things he might have done differently as well as his predictions for how the healthcare industry will change in the near future. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps the start of the American College of Healthcare Executives' 2012 Congress on Healthcare Leadership. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch previews the American College of Healthcare Executives' 2012 Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Speranza Avram, executive director of the California Health Information Partnership & Services Organization, at the HIMSS 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with attendees on the exhibit-hall floor of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney talks with Dr. Jon White, director of the health information technology portfolio at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, about health IT's role in improving patient safety and quality of care. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn talks with HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber the night before the final day of the HIMSS 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition about coordinating the conference in light of announcements about the planned deadline delay for ICD-10 implementation and... FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney recaps a keynote address by Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile and former White House press secretary Dana Perino and the final developments of the HIMSS 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Chairman and CEO George Halvorson about how hospitals are using health information to technology to connect with patients. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn talks with National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Dr. Farzad Mostashari about providers' surge in adoption of health IT and the ONC's push for expanded information exchange and electronic health-record system interoperability. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney reviews the third day of major programming at the HIMSS 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas and looks ahead to Friday's final events. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Aetna Chairman, President and CEO Mark Bertolini about the evolving healthcare IT landscape and payers' role in it. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare reporter Joseph Conn talks with Dr. Stephen Beck, chief medical information officer for Catholic Health Partners, about CHP's electronic health-record system implementation program and its efforts to support attesting to Stage 1 meaningful-use requirements. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Assistant Digital Editor Christine LaFave Grace reviews Wednesday's sneak peek at Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements and looks ahead to Thursday's events at the HIMSS 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. FULL STORY »
