Oakbrook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, which operates nine hospitals in the Chicago area, is looking to expand its services by partnering with BroMenn Healthcare System, based in Normal, Ill., according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
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Clyde, N.C.-based Haywood Regional Medical Center and Sylva, N.C.-based WestCare Health System have selected Carolinas Healthcare System to manage the health system when the two hospitals integrate, according to a report in the Ashville Citizen-Times.
Mercy Health Partners and Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa., are considering a merger, according to a report in the Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice.
University of North Carolina Health Care announced that it has filed a certificate of need for a new hospital in Hillsborough, N.C., according to a report from The News of Orange County.
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Twelve healthcare organizations, including the American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges, have asked CMS to delay a recent policy change requiring physician supervision of hospital outpatient services.
CMS has announced the 14 communities that have been selected to participate in its Care Transitions Project, which seeks to eliminate unnecessary hospital readmissions, according to a CMS news release.
Adventist Healthcare, based in Rockville, Md., has filed for a certificate of need for a new 100-bed hospital in Clarksburg, Md., according to a report in the Washington Business Journal.
Temple University Health System officials have agreed to delay the closure of Northeastern Hospital in Philadelphia, according to a report in the Philadelphia Daily News.
Developers are moving ahead with plans to build the new 60-patient Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital in North Dallas, according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.