Dallas-based Baylor Healthcare is the latest provider to join the High Value Healthcare Collaborative, which is comprised of 13 other organizations such as Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic, according to a Baylor news release. Members of the collaborative share information…
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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by insurer Highmark that claims UPMC misled Highmark subscribers, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report. The lawsuit claims that through advertisements and other communication, UPMC…
Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., has announced more than 100 layoffs, according to a Boston Globe report. The 101 layoffs are in response to recent cuts to the state’s Medicaid program. CMC officials say changes to Medicaid payments means…
Hospitals in the Tampa Bay area of Florida have posted a collective $631.6 million profit in 2010, representing a 5.4 percent increase from 2009 and better overall financial health compared to the rest of the state, according to a Tampa…
Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., will lay off 101 employees, becoming the third New Hampshire hospital in the past month to announce layoffs, according to an Eagle-Tribune report.
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Nurses at HCA's Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, picketed over staffing issues as the union that represents the nurses works to secure a new contract with the hospital, according to an El Paso Times report.
Stephens County Hospital in Toccoa, Ga., has received unanimous approval from the county hospital authority for its 2011-2012 fiscal year budget, according to an Independent Mail report.
According to recent research published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the aggregate cost for children's hospital stays in 2009 was $33.6 billion or about 9 percent of total hospital costs.
UPMC officials said the UPMC East hospital in Monroevilla, Pa., should be open to the public by next July, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has unanimously approved Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn to construct a nine-story ambulatory pavilion, according to a Southtown Star report.