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Home health ranks among most profitable franchises
Home health ranks as one of the most profitable franchises, according to market research firm Franchise Business Review . It's not just a trend but very good business, company President Michelle Rowan
HCA profits jump with high Medicare payments
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings saw its first-quarter profits jump, thanks to higher-than-expected Medicare reimbursements, Orlando Business Journal reported . The nation's biggest hospital chain
Specialty hospitals more profitable than general hospitals
Amid concerns that specialty facilities cherry-pick the most profitable patients comes news that Southern Nevada's smaller specialty hospitals financially outperformed its general hospitals last
Hospitals on financial mend in Nevada
Hospitals in Nevada, one of the states hit hardest by the Great Recession, have shown significant signs toward a financial recovery, reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Data from the Nevada
Big earnings expected with hospital for-profit switch
The owners of a new joint venture between a for-profit group and a local non-profit hospital expect the former Pascack Valley Hospital to rake in profits of 14 percent--six times the state
Top patient care performers are most profitable hospitals
Hospitals with high performance scores in patient care are more profitable, according to a new Press Ganey report. The top 25 percent of U.S. hospitals with the highest scores on the Hospital
Anthem hikes premiums by half of requested amount
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine is increasing premiums on its individual policies by an average of 5.3 percent--rather than the 9.7 percent increase requested by the company earlier this
Health plans are diversifying
The nation's largest health plans are accelerating their pace of mergers and acquisitions. But instead of acquiring other competing insurers, health plans are finding different ways to deal with the
SPOTLIGHT: Top insurers made $12B in profits
Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) alleges that the nation's top five health insurers--UnitedHealth, WellPoint, Aetna, Humana and Cigna--made nearly $12 billion in profits last year, making them more
HCA income surges 31 percent
Nashville-based private hospital operator HCA saw profits rise 31 percent for Q4 2010, Reuters reports. For the year, HCA earned $1.2 billion in profits, up 14.5 percent from 2009, according to the
