The following eight settlements involving hospitals and/or health systems occurred within the past month.1. Kentucky’s Baptist Health, Hardin Memorial to Pay Nearly $9M to Settle Claims of Improper Medicare BillingLouisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health System agreed to pay $5.79 million and…
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Hospital or healthcare systems are adopting best practices for leadership development at a higher rate than freestanding hospitals, according to the National Healthcare Leadership Survey. The survey reflects the extent to which healthcare organizations have implemented certain evidence-based leadership development…
Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health System and one of its hospitals have agreed to pay nearly $9 million to the government to settle claims of improper Medicare billing, according to a Courier-Journal report. Baptist agreed to pay $5.79 million and its…
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HCA's request to move its South Bay Hospital from Sun City Center, Fla., to another location six miles away has been denied by an administrative law judge, according to a Tampa Bay Online report.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., is extending early retirement packages to 725 nonclinical employees, according to a New Hampshire Public Radio report.
Sheridan (Wyo.) Memorial Hospital has posted its 2010 year-end financial results, which include $3.2 million in net income, according to a Sheridan Media report.
Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle federal claims that it failed to prevent its cardiologist from implanting medically unnecessary stents in dozens of patients from 2003-2006, according to a Baltimore Sun…
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., has agreed to pay $516,527 to settle a federal complaint that it overbilled Medicare for prostate cancer treatments, according to a Hartford Courant report. The U.S. Department of Health and Human…