Hospital Corporation of America estimates that Florida Medicaid payments to its hospitals may be reduced by approximately $50 million in the next year due to the PPACA and recent Florida legislation, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange…
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Some for-profit hospitals spend more on charity care for the poor than do some non-profit hospitals, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
According to a survey by Acsys Interactive, hospital marketers believe online video to be one of the most effective online marketing practices among online hospital marketing tools.
El Centro (Calif.) Regional Medical Center will pay more than $1.1 million to the federal government after it self-reported that four hospital employees were listed on the Office of Inspector General exclusion-from-employment list, according to an Imperial Valley Press report.…
Nurses at HCA's Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, Fla., are picketing over staffing levels, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C., is planning to build a replacement hospital in three phases, according to a Times-News report.
Leaders from healthcare unions and a public interest law group are urging state officials to oversee operations at Meadownlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J., according to a Record report.
Net income for Kaiser Permanente's second quarter ending June 30, 2011, was $663 million, indicating a 64 percent increase from net income of $404 million in the same period last year, according to a health system release.
Southwest Alabama Medical Center in Thomasville has abruptly closed its doors due to the owner’s inability to pay bills, according to a local FOX report. “Basically came down to she wasn’t going to be able to pay the ER staff…
Catholic Healthcare West, headquartered in San Francisco, has laid off 30 employees from three hospitals in California, according to a KSBY report.