The emergency department is an integral component of hospital operations because the ED is often the key entry point for the majority of hospital inpatients. However, an inefficient ED can also be a ...

Financial performance among U.S. hospitals improved toward the end of this year’s second quarter — but there are still concerning gaps between the highest- and lowest-performing organizations, ...

Hospital financial performance has improved since the start of the year, with margins improving for nonprofit hospitals specifically. This is despite tariff policies at the national level that are ...

Mr. Fisher has served as CFO of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, based in Iowa City, as well as the associate vice president of finance for University of Iowa Health Care since June 2007.

The hospital is at a 2 percent operating margin so far this year, which reflects the amount earned over the break-even point, said Porter Chief Financial Officer Cheryl Harmon. The gain comes on the ...

Rural hospitals’ margins have been deteriorating for 10 to 15 years, said Michael Topchik, executive director for the Chartis Center for Rural Health, which analyzes and consults on rural hospital ...

Problems are being addressed by individual hospitals and hospital systems trying to figure out how to provide the right amount of services and preserve access to care without going broke.

A new analysis of Oregon’s first-in-the-nation hospital payment cap finds that the policy has so far produced little turbulence in hospital finances or the quality of patient care. The study, ...

NHS England has threatened to replace one or more directors of a hospital trust if its financial situation does not improve, it has emerged. The body, which manages how health services are run, wrote ...

That loss in revenue is roughly equivalent to 21,000 full-time hospital employees' salaries. Rural hospitals' margins have been deteriorating for 10 to 15 years, said Michael Topchik, executive ...

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ would batter rural hospital finances, researchers say Cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs proposed in President Donald Trump’s budget plan would rapidly push ...