A bill reauthorizing $330 million in annual funding for five years for the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program will move to the U.S. House for consideration after gaining approval from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, according to an…
Leadership & Management
Operating rooms are some of the busiest areas of any healthcare facility, and keeping them efficient is a challenge that must be met daily. Richard Kube, MD, founder and CEO of the Prairie Spine & Pain Institute in Peoria, Ill.,…
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga., has finalized a budget for the coming year that includes slashed prices for some procedures, according to a WALB report.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Clinical Standards held its open door forum Wed., July 27, which covered its FY 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program and how the program will impact hospital reimbursement for their services to…
Trustees of The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati are scheduled to vote on a plan to construct a $100 million orthopedic and spine tower, according to a Cincinnati.com report.
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Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo., will be cutting its work force by approximately 6.5 percent — or 160 positions — due to a weak economy and healthcare reform, according to an ABC report.
Healthcare spending is expected to reach nearly $4.64 trillion by 2020, half of which will come from government sources, according to research published in Health Affairs.
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates released its earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, reporting a 13.4 percent jump in revenue to $1.3 billion and a 22 percent jump in net income attributable to the company to $48.6 million…
Miami-Dade County's Jackson Health System will lower its rates to commercial HMOs in order to increase volumes at its hospitals, according to a Miami Herald report.
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System will partner with 10 MinuteClinic locations in and around Detroit to provide on-call physician medical directors to the locations, according to a MinuteClinic release.