Leadership & Management

The Service Employees International Union is urging Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., to re-evaluate it layoff plans, pointing to new federal payments for rural hospitals, according to a Boston Herald report.

A new white paper by The Beryl Institute visits the importance of cultural competence and cultural sensitivity in the healthcare sector and how they impact the experience of patients, their families and support groups.

The following hospitals and health systems are planning or undergoing construction.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals has agreed to pay a settlement of approximately $1 million to resolve allegations of false Medicare billing at Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield, Ky., according to a Tennessean report. The alleged overbilling occurred from 2004-2010.…

After Tenet Florida and The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Fla., announced their plans to open a new medical center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center CEO John Couris criticized the proposal, saying the hospital would be…

St. Mary Medical Center of Hobart, Ind., is slated to begin constructing its health center this fall, according to a Times report.

Memorial Hospital of Salem (N.J.) County was withdrawn its application to the state to close its maternity ward, according to a Today's Sunbeam report.

Wyoming Medical Center in Casper is facing cuts of nearly $8 million per year in Medicare reimbursements due to its pending loss of its "sole community provider" status, according to a Billings Gazette report.

Officials at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, Ohio, are hoping to change the hospital's state from a county-owned entity to a non-profit facility, according to a Record Publishing report.

Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point, N.J., is close to opening its $125 million, 138,000-square-foot expansion, according to a Press of Atlantic City report.