Adventist – University Community Health Merger Official
Winter Park, Fla.-based Adventist Health System has officially merged with University Community Health in Tampa Bay, Fla., to form the Tampa Bay, Fla., region of the healthcare network, according to an Orlando Business Journal report. Click to continue »Virginia's Inova Fairfax Hospital Names COO
Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., has named Patrick Christiansen, PhD, chief operating officer, according to a hospital news release. Click to continue »Health Reform Rule Uses Health Insurance Executive Salary Taxes to Fund Medicare
A new health reform tax rule will limit how much executive pay health insurance companies can deduct from their taxes, according to an American Medical News report.
Click to continue »Detroit Medical Center Reports $5M Savings After Implementing EMRs
Detroit Medical Center, which operates eight hospitals throughout the Detroit area, attributes a savings of more than $5 million to the use of electronic medical records, according to a Detroit Medical Center news release. Click to continue »Markle Foundation Urges Healthcare Industry to Adopt "Blue Button"
The Markle Foundation, a New York City-based public interest group, is calling on healthcare providers to adopt a "blue button" feature the Veterans Affairs Department has set up this week for its patients, which allows veterans to download personal health information, according to a Government Health IT report. Click to continue »Allscripts and Eclipsys Merge to Create Largest Healthcare Network
Allscripts has announced the merger of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions with Eclipsys Corporation, which will create the new entity Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, according to an Allscripts news release. Click to continue »Co-Management Arrangements: What Are They and Why the Interest Now?
A co-management arrangement is an organized and formal mechanism to actively engage a group of physicians to achieve greater operational efficiencies and improved patient care outcomes. It is typically focused on one clinical service line, such as orthopedic/rehabilitative surgery or cardiac services. The simplest of these structures involves a hospital contracting with a physician organization, under which the physicians are granted greater input and managerial authority, to design and enforce clinical and operational standards. A more complex structure may involve dual ownership of a management company by both a hospital and physicians. The management company is contracted to manage a service, and it may provide personnel, equipment, supplies, as well as be responsible for establishing and enforcing clinical and operational standards. Click to continue »Fishermen’s Hospital and Quorum Finalize Management Agreement
Marathon, Fla.’s Fisherman’s Hospital has finalized the transition from its previous 25-year lease with Health Management Associates to a new agreement with Tenn.,-based Quorum Health Resources, according to a report by the Florida Keys Keynoter. Click to continue »PeaceHealth May Acquire Washington Cardiology Practice
Bellingham, Wash.,-based North Cascade Cardiology has started negotiations for purchase by PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, according to a Bellingham Herald report. Click to continue »Denver-Area Hospitals Nearly Double Profits in 2009
A report by independent analyst Allan Baumgarten has found that Denver-area hospitals nearly doubled their pre-tax profits in 2009, according to a news release. Click to continue »
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