Working for a nonprofit focused on saving lives and improving the quality of life, Carolina Nelson, the relief organization’s LAC regional deputy director, says she found HIMSS a great space to understand the stakeholders and solutions that could support that mission.

NASHVILLE – Four health system CFOs on Sunday kicked off the opening keynote session of the Healthcare Financial Management Association annual conference by summing up the challenges hospitals have overcome and how they’re tackling the ones ahead.

Optum is acquiring home health, hospice and acuity care provider Amedisys in an all-cash deal valued at an estimated $3.3 billion. The agreement calls for the acquisition of Amedisys’s outstanding common stock in an all-cash transaction for $101 per share, the company said by statement.