A New Orleans judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement that would end a class-action lawsuit that alleges Tenet Healthcare failed to properly prepare its hospital for Hurricane Katrina, according to a New York Times report. Dallas-based Tenet and…
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The following report was compiled by Principle Valuation, based on hospital financial reports obtained through the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) database.
Harlingen, Texas-based Valley Baptist Medical Center laid off 44 employees due to cuts to the state's Medicaid program, according to a valleycentral.com report.
As part of a civil settlement, four providers who also were investors in Passport Health Plan will repay $26.4 million to the provider-sponsored HMO, based in Louisville, Ky., according to a news release from Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway. The…
Sg2, a healthcare intelligence and information services company based in Skokie, Ill., held its 2011 Annual Business and Technology Forecast in Chicago on July 20. John Peabody, MD, PhD, FACP, CMO and senior vice president of Sg2, spoke Wednesday morning…
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New data from the S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index show that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 5.58 percent over the 12-months ending May 2011, according to an S&P…
Becker's Hospital Review will host its Annual Strategy Roundtable on July 27 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, bringing together eight hospital industry leaders from across the country to discuss current challenges and opportunities facing the industry, how hospital…
Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., will lay off 169 employees and entirely eliminate 185 vacant posts due to the economy and state cost containment policies, according to a Boston Globe news report. The health system faces a potential loss…
St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., will being moving operations into another temporary hospital site this weekend, according to a Joplin Globe news report.
Franklin Hospital in Benton, Ill., will lay off a dozen employees, with the remaining staff taking pay cuts, according to a KFVS news report.