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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Chelsea (Mich.) Community Hospital is part of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System in Dexter, Mich.
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…
Dean Gruner, MD, has served as president and CEO of ThedaCare, a five-hospital system in Appleton, Wis., since 2008.
In a blog post, TeleTracking Technologies provides five examples of hospitals and health systems that have created significant cost savings or revenue growth by implementing real-time capacity management solutions.
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Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago is part of Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care.
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in St. Paul and Minneapolis has opened its new Peter J. King Pediatric Emergency Department on its St. Paul campus, according to a Pioneer Press report.
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates executives said today its inpatient admissions from emergency departments are "in line with industry norms" as the for-profit hospital operator looked to defend its practices ahead of a "60 Minutes" story airing this Sunday.
U.S. healthcare workers are feeling more confident in their employers and are less likely to look for another job, according to the most recent quarterly Randstad Healthcare Employment Report.
Keesler Hospital, part of Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., held an open house Nov. 28 for its new patient tower — Back Bay Tower — which it will officially open for use in December, according to a Sun…