Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Commack (N.Y.) plans to expand its facility and is looking to the Smithtown (N.Y.) zoning board to lift certain restrictions placed on the property, according to a Commack Patch report.
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Mercy Health Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati is planning a $70 million expansion, according to Cincinnati Enquirer report.
San Diego-based Scripps Health announced it will begin to offer hospice services.
There are gaps in pediatric emergency departments' pandemic preparedness, according to a study in Academic Emergency Medicine.
Bundled payments are part of new reimbursement models under healthcare reform that pay a lump sum to healthcare providers who share the risks and benefits of care delivery for a particular procedure or condition. Much of the discussion on bundled…
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University Hospitals in Cleveland plans to convert a 20,000-square-foot office building in Solon, Ohio, into an outpatient health center, according to a Crain's Cleveland Business report.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve legislation to reauthorize the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education program through fiscal year 2017, according to an AHA News Now report.
Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth has acquired Emergency Physicians Professional Association and Valley Emergency Physicians.
Spokane, Wash.-based Providence Medical Group has acquired two anesthesia groups and will combine them into a new unit, according to the Spokesman-Review.
Subsidies or stipends must be beneficial for anesthesia practices and hospitals in order for both to maintain financial stability in an environment marked by shrinking reimbursements, growing competition and rising costs.