Mansfield (Ohio) Hospital, part of Ontario, Ohio-based MedCentral Health System, will now qualify for higher Medicare reimbursements comparable to Columbus, Ohio-area hospitals, according to a news release from the office of Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
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Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., has agreed to pay the federal government $1.3 million to resolve allegations of improper Medicare billing, according to a Daily Item report. The alleged overbilling took place from Jan. 2001-Dec. 2006. U.S. Attorney Peter…
The House of Representatives approved a bill, H.R. 1933, to help hospitals in inner-city neighborhoods and rural areas that have difficulty attracting nurses, according to a Committee on the Judiciary release.
Mid-America Medical District in East St. Louis, Ill., may be allowed to issue bonds and expand into other communities, pending Gov. Pat Quinn's signature, according to a News-Democrat report.
Iowa hospitals provided more than $850 million in total uncompensated care, including charity care and bad debt, in 2010, according to an Iowa Hospital Association report.
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St. Charles Health System, based in Bend, Ore., is expected to announce an undetermined number of layoffs in the near future, according to a KBND report.
Phoebe Putney Health System, based in Albany Ga., has broken ground on its digestive disease center, according to an Albany Herald report.
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Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital in Solvang, Calif., has completed a $12.5 million renovation, according to a Santa Ynez Valley News report.
As Cleveland-based MetroHealth continues to face increased scrutiny over how it spends public funds, an editorial published in the Plain Dealer said the system will no longer be an institution “everyone love[s] unreservedly” and called for it to increase its…