The MetroHealth System Board of Trustees has approved a contract to create a regional trauma network, in partnership with The Cleveland Clinic Health System, called the Northern Ohio Regional Trauma Network, according to a MetroHealth news release.
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Physicians and staff at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., have successfully transferred all patients to its new facility, completing the move to the technologically and seismically advanced hospital, according to a report in the Los Altos Town Crier.
Saint Anne's Hospital in Falls River, Mass., has opened the Center for Pain Management in Swansea, Mass., which will serve as a satellite facility for the hospital's pain management program, according to a report by the Herald News.
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., has opened a 162,500-squre-foot outpatient facility, according to a report by the Orange County Register.
Atrius Health, an alliance of five, non-profit community physician practices in eastern Massachusetts, has expanded its affiliation with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston in an effort to improve efficiency while maintaining quality, according to a report by the…
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Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta plans to create four new community health "super centers" around the Atlanta area, according to report by the Associated Press.
In a pioneering arrangement with its major payors, Children's Hospital Boston will limit fee increases while payors will fund pilot programs to develop ways to provide better care at lower costs, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
1. Anesthesia is not reimbursed for many GI procedures. ASCs should be aware that payors are increasingly unwilling to separately reimburse for anesthesia services provided during GI procedures. According to William Hoffman, MD, corporate medical director of Anesthesia Healthcare Partners,…
1. There are just over 32,900 anesthesiologists practicing in the United States. Anesthesiologists represent 5.2 percent of the 633,000 practicing physicians in the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09.
HealthPartners, a Bloomington, Minn.-based HMO, and Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics announced that they have entered into a long-term collaboration to improve outcomes, satisfaction and affordability of care to patients in the northwest metro area of the Twin Cities, according…