The Lower Makefield (Pa.) Zoning Hearing Board voted to grant an exception needed by Aria Hospital in Frankford, Pa., to begin construction on a new campus, according to a report in the Bucks County Courier Times.
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Fifty physicians, one from each state, accompanied President Obama in the White House Rose Garden as he kicked off a week of intensified lobbying for healthcare reform legislation in Congress, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
The Cleveland Clinic has announced that it will soon break ground on a new $71 million outpatient surgery center and medical office facility in Twinsburg, Ohio, according to a report in the Twinsburg Bulletin.
El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., has opened a new $480 million acute-care center, which arches around its existing facility, according to a report by San Jose Mercury News.
Massachusetts healthcare providers are actively opposing plans to end fee-for-service payment systems in the state and move to reimburse for episodes of care, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Seton Medical Center Hays in Kyle, Texas, has officially opened for business, according to a report by the Austin Business Journal.
Upper Allegheny Health System, the newly established parent company of Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital and Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical will officially go live on Nov. 1, according to a report by the Buffalo News.
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A subcommittee of Louisiana's Commission on Streamlining Government, chaired by Treasurer John Kennedy, recommended that efforts to rebuild the closed Charity Hospital in New Orleans should be favored over the construction of a new teaching hospital in the city, according…
Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health Foundation announced that it will award more than $1 million is funding to hospitals, health systems and community health clinics from across the country to improve efficiency and quality of care, according to a Cardinal news…