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Leadership & Management

The title of hospital CEO wasn't all that common thirty years ago, or even in the 1980s. Instead, leaders often held titles like "administrator" or "executive director," which reflected the relatively stable environment of a hospital industry focused on inpatient…

Last night, "60 Minutes" aired a segment that focused on alleged emergency department practices at hospitals owned by Health Management Associates, and executives at the Naples, Fla.-based for-profit hospital operator said the report "relied entirely on disgruntled former employees," some…

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Based on a recent flurry of published assertions, emergency department documentation and billing have come into scrutiny as many institutions claim the use of electronic health records has contributed to billions of dollars in higher costs for Medicare, private insurers…

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