Implantable Provider Group — IPG manages all aspects of high-cost implantable medical device utilization for providers, facilities, manufacturers and commercial payors. The company simplifies the complex procurement, contracting and billing associated with these devices, thereby streamlining the process and normalizing…
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Shares of Universal Health Services, one of the nation's largest healthcare management corporations, were up after a Credit Suisse analyst upgraded its stock rating from "neutral" to "outperform," according to a report on Forbes.com.
Sutter Health, a 26-hospital health system based in Sacramento, Calif., has halted the construction of several projects, according to a report in The San Francisco Business Times.
The U.S. House Budget Committee approved a fiscal year 2010 budget resolution that contains a reserve fund that would allow for future healthcare reform, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association.
Virtua Health may have to delay its plan for a new "state-of-the-art, digital" hospital in Voorhees, N.J., due to issues in finding financing, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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SSM Healthcare of Wisconsin's plans to build a new hospital in Janesville, Wis., have been put on hold, according to a report in the Wisconsin State Journal.
Wells Fargo has named Peter Myhre has the senior vice president of the company's newly formed equipment finance division, according to a news release.
Children's Hospital and Touro, both based in New Orleans, have joined together to create a two-hospital nonprofit community-based hospital system, according to a news release.
St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital, based in Mt. Vernon, Ill., has received approval for certificate of need applications to build a new hospital, surgery center and medical building, according to a report from the Mt. Vernon Register-News.
Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., has been forced to halt its $89 million expansion project due to downturns in financial markets, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.