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1. Little Data Available to Show Effectiveness of Long-Term Care Hospitals Transfers
(Matching tags: hospitals,hospital,mortality,JAMA,long term care,acute care) Hospitals are increasingly transferring patients to long term-care facilities after a critical illness, but there is little data to guide such decisions or to verify whether these facilities are effective, ...
2. S&P Upgrades Bond Rating for Carolinas Medical Center-Union in North Carolina
(Matching tags: North Carolina,hospital,financial performance,Carolina Medical Center-Union,rating) Standard & Poor's has upgraded $19.96 million long-term, fixed-rate bonds from Carolina Medical Center-Union in Monroe, N.C., to A+ with a stable outlook, according to a report in the Charlotte Business ...
3. Bonds for McLeod Regional in South Carolina Rated AA- With Outlook Stable
(Matching tags: hospital,South Carolina,Fitch,ratings,McLeod Regional) Fitch Ratings has assigned an AA- rating with outlook stable to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, S.C., for a total of $127 million in new bonds, according to a release from Fitch.
4. Most Hospitals Lack Gay Non-Discrimination Policies, Despite Changes in HHS, Joint Commission Requirements
(Matching tags: hospital,discrimination,domestic partners,hospital policies) More than 90 percent of hospitals in a study do not have fully inclusive policies toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, according to a release from the Human Rights Campaign. ...
5. Wisconsin's Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center to Triple in Size
(Matching tags: Wisconsin,hospital,expansion,Mercy Health System,Lake Geneva,Mercy Walworth Hospital) Mercy Health System in Lake Geneva, Wis., has announced the groundbreaking for a $45 million expansion for its Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center, also in Lake Geneva. ...
6. Upstate New York Hospital Targets Surgery Center for Takeover
(Matching tags: acquisition,New York,hospital,Syracuse,surgery center,Upstate University Hospital) Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is in discussions with Harrison Outpatient Surgery Center, located in downtown Syracuse, for a possible takeover, according to The Post-Standard. ...
7. 5 Things to Know About the DOJ's Healthcare Antitrust Enforcement and Competition Policy
(Matching tags: insurers,ASC,acquisitions,surgery center,antitrust,hospital,health reform,mergers) In May, Christine A. Varney, the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, addressed the American Bar Association/American Health Lawyers Association Antitrust ...
8. Kentucky's Owensboro Medical Health System Replacement Facility to Break Ground
(Matching tags: hospital,Kentucky,replacement) Owensboro (Ky.) Medical Health System has announced in will break ground for its 447-bed replacement hospital on June 5. ...
9. Ohio Hospitals Reduce Infections By Half
(Matching tags: Ohio,hospital,central line,infections) A joint effort by 53 Ohio hospitals has reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units by 48 percent in six months, according to the Ohio Hospital Association. ...
10. New York's Cohen Children's Medical Center Begins $120M Expansion
(Matching tags: New York,construction,pediatrics,hospital,surgery center,Cohen Childrens Medical Center,New Hyde Park) Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York in New Hyde Park has announced it broke ground on a new $120 million pavilion.
11. Illinois' Dr. John Warner Hospital Names New CEO
(Matching tags: CEO,Illinois,hospital,John Warner Hospital,Earl Sheehy,Saunders Medical Center) Dr. John Warner Hospital in Clinton, Ill., has named Earl Sheehy as its new CEO, according to a report on Pantagraph.com. ...
12. Nevada's Renown Regional Medical Center Names New CEO
(Matching tags: CEO,hospital,Nevada,Renown Regional Medical Center,Reno,Greg Boyer,Renown) Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., has announced Greg Boyer as its new CEO.
13. How to Turn Around a Bankrupt Hospital: 4 Lessons From South Hampton Community Hospital in Dallas
(Matching tags: CEO,bankruptcy,Texas,hospital,turnaround,Ed Downs,South Hampton Community) When Ed Downs took the reigns as CEO of South Hampton Community Hospital in Dallas last summer, the hospital was emerging from its second bankruptcy, which included a forced closure of the facility that ...
14. California's Lompoc Valley Medical Center Set to Open Replacement Hospital
(Matching tags: California,hospital,Lompoc Valley Medical Center) Lompoc (Calif.) Valley Medical Center held an open house tour of its replacement facility on Memorial Day, according the Lompoc Record.
15. Ohio's Summa Western Reserve Hospital Names New CFO
(Matching tags: Ohio,Summa Western Reserve Hospital,hospital,Jill Hiner) Summa Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has named Jill Hiner as its new CFO and vice president of finance, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. ...
16. Wyoming's St. John's Medical Center Names Michael Tennican as President
(Matching tags: president,hospital,Wyoming,St. Johns Medical Center,Michael Tennican) St. John's Medical Center in Jackson, Wyo., has named Michael Tennican as its new president of the board, according to the Jackson Hole News&Guide.
17. North Carolina Hospital and Health System Exploring Partnership
(Matching tags: North Carolina,partnership,health system,hospital,Mission Health System,Angel Medical Center) Angel Medical Center in Franklin, N.C., and Mission Health System in Asheville, N.C., are exploring a partnership, according to The Macon County News.
18. Formal Peer Review Committee Necessary for Confidentiality, Tennessee Supreme Court Rules
(Matching tags: Community Health Systems,hospital,quality,peer review,Kimberly Powell,CHS,Tom Pliura,confidentiality) The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued a ruling essentially stating that proceedings performed by, or at the request of, peer review committees, including the quality committee, are confidential, according ...
19. New York's Mount Sinai Refinances $331M Debt at Low Rate
(Matching tags: New York,hospital,debt,Mount Sinai,Standard and Poors) New York's 1,171-bed Mount Sinai Hospital refinanced some $331 million at a discounted rate compared to those of its peers, spurred by an improved credit rating and borrowing costs on tax-exempt debt that ...
20. CMS Seeks Hospitals to Test New Process for Validating Inpatient Quality Data
(Matching tags: CMS,hospital,quality,discharges,inpatient,data) CMS has asked 200 hospitals, including critical access hospitals and facilities in Maryland and Puerto Rico, to help test a new process for validating inpatient quality data, according to a report in AHA ...
21. Indiana's Cameron Memorial Moves Ahead With New Facility
(Matching tags: construction,Indiana,hospital,Cameron Memorial) Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola, Ind., has selected architecture and construction companies for a new 25-bed facility, according to The Journal Gazette. ...
22. Pennsylvania's Canonsburg Hospital Planning Surgery Center
(Matching tags: Pennsylvania,hospital,surgery center,Canonsburg Hospital,Peters) Canonsburg (Pa.) General Hospital is expected to open an outpatient complex that includes a surgery center in Peters, Pa., within the next 18 months, according to the Observer-Reporter. ...
23. HCA Veteran, CEO of Virginia's Reston Hospital Center to Retire
(Matching tags: hospital,HCA,retirement,Reston Hospital,Bill Adams) Bill Adams, president and CEO of Reston (Vir.) Hospital Center who has worked with HCA for 29 years, will retire June 1, according to a press release. ...
24. Ohio's St. Luke's Hospital to Join ProMedica Health System
(Matching tags: Ohio,hospital,ProMedica,St. Lukes Hospital) St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, has agreed to join ProMedica Health System later this summer, according to a press release. ...
25. Reduced Wait Times Drives Patients to Dallas Hospital's ER
(Matching tags: Texas,hospital,Dallas,emergency room,Parkland Memorial) Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas is expecting to see 200,000 ER visits this year, one-third more than expected, driven in part by a 25 percent reduction in ER bed wait times, according to The Dallas ...
26. University of Colorado Hospital Announces $400M Expansion
(Matching tags: hospital,Colorado,cancer center,expansion,Anschutz) University of Colorado Hospital has announced a $400 million expansion project for its Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. ...
27. New Pennsylvania Hospital Receives $290M Financing Plan Approval
(Matching tags: Pennsylvania,hospital,HUD,East Norriton) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved a $292.5 million mortgage loan to build a new hospital in East Norriton, Pa., according to a press release from HUD. ...
28. Indiana Hospitals Use Color-Coded Wristbands to Improve Safety
(Matching tags: Indiana,hospital,wristbands,safety) Hendricks Regional Health in Danville, Ind., and other hospitals across the state have begun using color-coded wristbands to help prevent potential medical errors, according to a report in the Indianapolis ...
29. Former North Carolina Surgery Center, Hospital Administrator Honored
(Matching tags: North Carolina,hospital,surgery center,Craven Regional Medical Center,award,administrator) Danny Jackson, a former healthcare leader, will be honored by the Craven Regional Medical Center Foundation in New Bern, N.C., for his contribution to healthcare in the Craven area, according to a report ...
30. Howard University Proposes $1.1B Plan to Move Hospital
(Matching tags: Washington DC,hospital,Howard University,move) Howard University in Washington, D.C., has submitted a $1.1 billion plan to move its 479-bed hospital and the rest of its campus to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which is being closed next year, according ...
31. Webinar Discusses Key Thoughts on Strategic Planning for Hospitals and ASCs
(Matching tags: hospital,Scott Becker,ASC,Webinar,Brent Lambert,Andrew Hayek,strategic planning,David Fleisch,Luke Lambert) On May 3, 2010, a panel of speakers shared their thoughts on strategic planning for hospitals and ASCs in a free webinar hosted by ASC Communications and moderated by Scott Becker, JD, partner at McGuireWoods ...
32. Southwestern Vermont Health Care Undertakes Strategic Planning
(Matching tags: Vermont,hospital,finances) Southwestern Vermont Health Care in Bennington, Vt., is in a strong financial position but is engaging in strategic planning for the future, according to a report by the Bennington Banner.
33. New Mexico County Revives Plans to Build New Hospital
(Matching tags: hospital,New Mexico,Valencia County) Valencia County (N.M.) has revived plans to build a new hospital that have been postponed since 2006, according to a report by NewsWest 9. ...
34. Physician Responds to CMS' Proposed 2011 Payment Changes, Argues 0.1% Cut Suggests Hospitals' Protected Status
(Matching tags: hospital,payment cuts,Steve Rupert) CMS has announced an estimated 0.1 percent cut in Medicare payments to hospitals for fiscal year 2011, which some have suggested puts into question hospitals' protection in an era of healthcare reform. ...
35. Baptist Health South Florida Applies for New Hospital in Miami Area
(Matching tags: Florida,hospital,CON,Baptist Health South Florida) Residents of West Kendall, Fla., voiced support of a certificate of need application by Baptist Health South Florida for a new hospital in their community, according to a report by the Miami Herald. ...
36. Mark Laney: Health Reform Presents Opportunity for Performing Better and Smarter
(Matching tags: CEO,health reform,hospital,Mark Laney,Heartland Health) Health reform will present many challenges for hospitals in the coming years. This will be a tumultuous period for our industry. Organizations that find their way through it will be the ones that have ...
37. Michigan Replacement Hospital Involves Collaboration With Chippewa Tribe
(Matching tags: Michigan,hospital,opening,Mackinac Straits Health System,Chippewa Indians) Mackinac Straits Health System is about to open a $27 million replacement for Mackinac Straits Hospital & Health Center in St. Ignace, Mich., according to a report by the Petoskey News. ...
38. Iowa Hospital Plans $30M Replacement
(Matching tags: hospital,Iowa,replacement facility,Sioux Center) Sioux Center (Iowa) Community Hospital is in the early stages of planning build a $30 million replacement on 40 acres of land at another site, according to report by KTIV News. ...
39. Boston May Increase Fees for Non-Profit Hospitals
(Matching tags: hospital,Boston,non-profit,fee) Boston is expected to introduce a plan next month that would charge non-profits in the city, including non-profit hospitals, a fee equal to 25 percent of their properties' tax assessment in order to increase ...
40. UnitedHealthcare Pulls Back on Admissions Notification Policy Opposed by Hospitals
(Matching tags: reimbursement,hospital,UnitedHealthcare,AHA,admissions) In a letter to the American Hospital Association, UnitedHealthcare said it would not impose a 50 percent penalty on hospitals that do not notify the insurer of admissions to hospitals within 24 hours, ...
41. Free Webinar — Hospitals and Surgery Centers: Key Thoughts on Strategic Planning
(Matching tags: hospital,surgery center,Webinar,Brent Lambert,Andrew Hayek,strategic planning,David Fleisch,Luke Lambert) Title: Hospitals and Surgery Centers: Key Thoughts on Strategic Planning ...
42. Thomson Reuters Names 100 Top Hospitals
(Matching tags: hospital,quality,Thomson Reuters,100 Top Hospital Award) Thomson Reuters has published its annual list of the hospitals that are top performers on measures of mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average length of stay, expenses, profitability, ...
43. Steve Ronstrom: Hardwiring Mission and Values Into the Hospital Culture
(Matching tags: Wisconsin,hospital,Sacred Heart Hospital,leadership,Steve Ronstrom,Hospital Sisters Health,hardwiring,mission,values) For an organization to succeed, it is important that everyone accepts its mission and values, from frontline caregivers to leaders in the C-suite. Motivated and engaged people make for a healthy organization, ...
44. Hospital Acquires Multi-Specialty Clinic in Washington State for $17.5M
(Matching tags: Washington,hospital,purchase,Skagit Valley Medical center,Skagit Valley Hospital,physician group) The board of commissioners for Skagit Valley Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Wash., voted to approval the hospital's plans to purchase Skagit Valley Medical Center, a multi-specialty clinic with more than 100 ...
45. Georgia Court Decision Allows Construction on New Braselton Hospital
(Matching tags: Georgia,construction,hospital) The Georgia Court of Appeals has given 315-bed Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga., the green light for construction of a new hospital in Braselton, Ga., according to a report by the Gainesville ...
46. What Health Reform Will Mean for Physicians and Hospitals
(Matching tags: physician,hospital,health reform) For physicians: 1. Increased demand for physicians. With 32 million more Americans expected to enter the health insurance market, demand should rise, especially for primary care physicians, the Philadelphia ...
47. To Sell or Not to Sell: a Guide for Orthopedic Practices Eyeing Deals With Hospitals
(Matching tags: physician employment,hospital,orthopedic practice,sale of orthopedic practice,merger with hospital) Orthopedic surgeons contemplating turning over their practices to their local hospital may view such a deal as a way to lock in lifelong profits while saying goodbye to all of the administrative hassles ...
48. Washington Rural Hospital District Names Mark Barglof as Interim CEO
(Matching tags: CEO,Washington,hospital,Adams County) Adams County Public Hospital District Number 2, which operates East Adams Rural Hospital in Ritzville, Wash., announced that Mark Barglof as its interim CEO after approval from the district's commissioners, ...
49. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fines V.A. For Radiation Errors at Philadelphia Hospital
(Matching tags: Pennsylvania,hospital,prostate cancer,Veteran Affairs,radiation errors) The Department of Veterans Affairs was fined $227,500 for radiation errors related to prostate cancer treatments at its veterans' hospital in Philadelphia, according to a story in The New York Times. ...
50. Atlanta's Grady CEO Reports Beginning of Turnaround
(Matching tags: Georgia,hospital,turnaround,Grady Hospital) Michael Young, CEO of beleaguered Grady Hospital in Atlanta, said the hospital made money last year, cut length of stay from eight days to six and cut ED waiting time in half in 2009, according to an interview ...

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