Speaking at the AHA annual meeting, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Congressional Republicans will try to improve the health reform law rather than repeal it, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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Medicaid will cover as many as 20 million of the 32 million Americans gaining coverage under health reform, but these patients will face barriers to access, according to a report by the New York Times.
The board overseeing 142-bed Beaufort County (N.C.) Hospital may lease the facility to a hospital system as a way to survive, according to a report by the Washington Daily News.
Improving spine market share through improved patient experience and physician collaborationWhile senior executives at most hospitals recognize the profitability of developing spine centers, they typically choose to recruit new surgeons or raid their competitors' surgical staff when attempting to grow…
While it may seem that hospitals will suffer under health reform, they will actually prosper at least in the short term, according to the blog group at the Century Foundation, a nonprofit public policy research institution based in New York.
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Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City has been awarded a $9.4 million grant to set up an urgent care facility to treat some patients displaced by the closing of St. Vincent's Medical Center, according to a report in The…
Children's Medical Center Dallas plans to build a $21 million, 34,000-square-foot outpatient specialty center in Southlake, Texas, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.
Several California hospitals will begin using bundled fees, which include both facility and physician fees, when billing for hip and knee replacements, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
Valencia County (N.M.) has revived plans to build a new hospital that have been postponed since 2006, according to a report by NewsWest 9.