A former employee from Winchester (Va.) Medical Center claims the hospital fired her out of retaliation after she complained of racial discrimination, threats and harassment by co-workers, according to a Northern Virginia Daily report. Lora Skinner was fired in 2009…
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A financial model created by MedeAnalytics has determined a 300-bed hospital will need to reduce costs by more than $6 million in fiscal year 2012 to maintain its Medicare margins, according to the company’s latest white paper. MedeAnalytics has launched…
Mercy Health System, based in Janesville, Wis., will be constructing a new $6 million emergency department and clinic in that city, according to a Janesville Gazette news report.
Seacoast Medical Center in Little River, S.C., has completed its $33 million expansion plans, according to a WPDE news report.
St. Bernadine Medical Center in San Bernadino, Calif., will be closing its pediatric unit due to financial and efficiency reasons, according to a Press-Enterprise news report.
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Circuit Court Judge Richard Graham has approved a plan to unravel the merger of Adventist Health's Florida Hospital in Orlando and Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.
Louisiana lawmakers have approved $8 million in funding toward the reopening of Methodist Hospital in New Orleans, which closed after Hurricane Katrina, according to a Fox 8 report.
H.R. 1933, a bill that would reauthorize the H1-C temporary visa program for nurses in health professional shortage areas, has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee, according to an AHA News Now report.
Richard Afable, MD, MPH, is the president and CEO of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, a two-hospital system based in Newport Beach, Calif. Before his current position, Dr. Afable spent time in leadership positions with Catholic Health East and Preferred Physician…
Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, is expected to reach $2 billion in revenue for the next fiscal year starting this July, according to a Columbus Dispatch news report.