The heat-related deaths of eight people at a Florida nursing home has prompted a criminal investigation. The probe comes amid reports that the owner of the facility has a history of healthcare fraud.

Providing the correct ratio of directors to managers is a good start toward positioning nurse managers to develop their leadership skills.

Two much-discussed ideas so far are funding subsidies that help moderate-income consumers pay out-of-pocket costs for health care and giving states more leeway on insurance coverage.

Data is thin, but the search is on for the best ways to measure the quality of healthcare that is being delivered via telehealth to remote patients.

In this era of new technology, regulatory change and industry consolidation, healthcare providers face an array of cash reconciliation challenges. Following are eight best practices from an industry roundtable discussion among financial and treasury executives of 17 Mid-Atlantic hospitals and health systems