Care Coordination

The American Hospital Association supports CMS’ preliminary decision to allow general supervision for 27 hospital outpatient therapeutic services, according to an AHA News Now report.

The Missouri Hospital Association has released a list of lessons learned from the disasters that occurred in 2011, with special emphasis on the Joplin, Mo., tornado of May 22, 2011.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Forsyth Medical Center will rename its women's center to honor author and civil rights activist and Winston-Salem-based Wake Forest University professor Maya Angelou, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

Ann Deters, CEO of Vantage Outsourcing in Effingham, Ill., has announced continued growth for the company as it expands into California.

Psychiatric patients' emergency department length of stay was 11.5 hours on average, according to a study (pdf) in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System announced the opening of a new thoracic center at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City.

St. Paul, Minn.-based HealthEast System plans to open a spine clinic in a space formerly occupied by a Gander Mountain Store in Maplewood, Minn., according to a Twin Cities Pioneer Press report.

Salem (Ohio) Community Hospital announced plans to begin construction of a $42.5 million patient bed tower this summer.

Trinity Muscatine (Iowa) has broken ground on an $18.5 million expansion project, according to a Quad-City Times report.

The New Jersey Hospital Association and partner organizations have made several recommendations for hospitals to reduce inappropriate emergency department use by Medicaid patients.