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GE offers interest-free loans to boost EMR spending
GE has begun offering no-interest loans to hospitals and doctors buying its GE Centricity EMR and enterprise technology, a program that is part of its "Healthymagination" initiative. Not only are the... Read more...
Report: Hospital IT spending to hit $6.8B by 2014
With federal stimulus payments encouraging spending, U.S. hospitals' investment in IT should see healthy growth over the next five years, according to new research released by HIMSS Analytics.... Read more...
New Hampshire hospitals face financial trouble
Another depressing story from the hospital front lines, this time from the state of New Hampshire. A new survey from the New Hampshire Hospital Association concludes that a full 85 percent of its... Read more...
Geisinger Health plans $300M bond offering
In what could be another sign that the bond market is thawing a bit, Geisinger Health System has announced that it's seeking approval for up to $300 million in tax-exempt bonds. It's all part of a... Read more...
Moody's: Stimulus may not have big healthcare impact
In theory, the impact of $787 billion in federal stimulus spending should be dramatic--but that doesn't mean everyone benefits equally. And according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service,... Read more...
A bad time to hold back Medicare payments
As Modern Healthcare reports this week, more than 60 hospitals could lose almost $5 million collectively this year. Are we talking about problems with collecting patient debts? Poor payer mixes?... Read more...
Health Net considers selloff of assets, stock
Stung by a financially-bruising 2008, Health Net is considering a sale of some of its business in Arizona and the Northeast, according to the company's CEO and president Jay Gellert. The two regions,... Read more...
