New Orleans-based Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and the LSU Healthcare Network have entered into a collaborative partnership with Walgreens' Take Care Clinic locations in the New Orleans area to improve care coordination and expand opportunities for nurse practitioner…
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CMS will host a special open door forum on its FY 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program on Wed., July 27, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. EST.
The book Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals: Simple Steps to Fast, Affordable, Flawless Healthcare (McGraw-Hill; 2011) describes how hospitals can increase quality and cost efficiency. The following excerpt, from the first chapter of the book, provides an example of how…
East End Health Care, United Healthcare Miss Contract Deadline; 3,000 New Yorkers Now Out-of-Network
End Health Care Alliance, comprised of three hospitals in New York, and health insurer United Healthcare/Oxford have failed to finalize a new agreement before the current contract expired, meaning nearly 3,000 New York residents under Oxford's self-insured plans will have…
The first 191 inpatients have been moved into the new 317-bed, $636 million Children's Hospital Los Angeles, according to a hospital news release.
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Walla Walla (Wash.) General Hospital will be breaking ground for its $15 million expansion later this week, according to a hospital news release.
MetroWest Medical Center, based in Framingham, Mass., has reported a $10.6 million loss for fiscal year 2010, according to a MetroWest Daily News report.
Joe DiMaggio's Children Hospital in Hollywood, Fla., is set to open later this week, according to a Miami Herald news report.
Hospital prices increased 0.2 percent from May 2011 to June 2011, according to data recently published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Cleveland Clinic celebrated the opening of its new $96 million Twinsburg (Ohio) Family Health & Surgery Center this weekend, according to a health system news release.