As pressure to reduce healthcare costs grows and deep cuts to Medicare and Medicaid loom, many hospitals and health systems are turning to alternative means of obtaining capital. For example, hospitals are using real estate investment trusts, private equity firms,…
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To say a lot rides on the country's Medicare and Medicaid programs might be an understatement. Months of national debt ceiling talks have involved the slashing of Medicare and Medicaid funding, but uncertainty continues to hang about their futures. Hospitals…
East After Hours Urgent Care, a new night and weekend urgent care clinic, has opened at New Orleans East Hospital, according to a Republic report.
Bamberg (S.C.) County Hospital has laid off 35 employees — about a third of its workforce — as a plan to create a three-county regional health system failed, according to a State report.
Brunswick Novant Medical Center in Bolivia, N.C., is officially open as of July 31, according to a hospital announcement.
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Coshocton (Ohio) Hospital has posted a $347,000 profit after posting multi-million dollars losses since 2009, according to a Coshocton Tribune report.
As part of an investigative series on a highly-paid neurosurgeon with a history of malpractice, The Duluth News Tribune explores why St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minn., didn’t heed warnings that the neurosurgeon was a risk to patients. The first…
Recently there has been a significant focus on hospital employment of primary care and proceduralist physicians. This shifting foundation also portends dramatic changes of employment trends for hospital based physician services. In an environment of integrated delivery of care, many…
Denver-based Centura Health has announced it will build a 50-bed, $128 million hospital in Castle Rock, Colo., at the Castle Rock Adventist Health Campus, according to a Centura news release.
A study by the Missouri Hospital Association suggests that rural areas of the state face a shortage of primary care providers, which could create negative consequences for rural health improvement efforts, according to an MHA news release.