Leadership & Management

On May 26, the Vermont legislature and Gov. Peter Shumlin passed healthcare reform that had not been seen anywhere else in the country. Vermont became the first state to lay the foundation for a single-payor healthcare system that aimed to…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. has said it will not drop the lawsuit it filed against Community Health Systems alleging improper admission practices, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.

A study of online job postings by The Conference Board found the number of healthcare jobs posted online in July dropped 12.6 percent to 487,500 ads, down from 548,700 in June.

Mansfield (Ohio) Hospital, part of Ontario, Ohio-based MedCentral Health System, will now qualify for higher Medicare reimbursements comparable to Columbus, Ohio-area hospitals, according to a news release from the office of Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).

Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., has agreed to pay the federal government $1.3 million to resolve allegations of improper Medicare billing, according to a Daily Item report. The alleged overbilling took place from Jan. 2001-Dec. 2006. U.S. Attorney Peter…

The House of Representatives approved a bill, H.R. 1933, to help hospitals in inner-city neighborhoods and rural areas that have difficulty attracting nurses, according to a Committee on the Judiciary release.

Mid-America Medical District in East St. Louis, Ill., may be allowed to issue bonds and expand into other communities, pending Gov. Pat Quinn's signature, according to a News-Democrat report.

Iowa hospitals provided more than $850 million in total uncompensated care, including charity care and bad debt, in 2010, according to an Iowa Hospital Association report.

St. Charles Health System, based in Bend, Ore., is expected to announce an undetermined number of layoffs in the near future, according to a KBND report.

Phoebe Putney Health System, based in Albany Ga., has broken ground on its digestive disease center, according to an Albany Herald report.