Officials from North Carolina's health department are proposing accountable care organizations for the state's Medicaid populations, according to a Charlotte Observer report.
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Any form of hospital or health system branding should be thought of as a three-year project.
As of Tuesday, Feb. 25, four hospitals in Las Vegas have temporarily closed their emergency departments to ambulances as capacity management problems have rendered them unable to accept more patients, according to a report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Four hospitals within Des Moines, Iowa-based Mercy Health Network have formed a regional governing board to oversee the strategic direction of the hospitals, according to a system news release.
Regional Medical Center at Memphis (Tenn.) and its affiliated entities are taking on a new name — Regional One Health — according to a Memphis Business Journal report.
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Health insurer Highmark has announced it will get rid of markups on certain cancer care services.
Iron County Hospital in Pilot Knob, Mo., is now Iron County Medical Center, according to a Wayne County Journal-Banner report.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance will "continue to evolve" its patient-centered medical home standards, the organization said in response to a recent PCMH study published in JAMA.
A new study sheds light on which physicians are most likely to feel the brunt of burnout — and they might not be the MDs you'd expect. In 2011 and 2012, study authors surveyed medical students, residents/fellows and early career…