Health insurer Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center remain at odds over new contracts, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
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Beaumont Health System, with locations in Michigan's Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, and Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System plan to give approximately 40,000 employees their first pay raises since 2008, according to a Detroit News report.
Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, Calif., has requested voluntary resignations from its approximately 1,000 employees, according to a Napa Valley Register report based on a memo to the center's employees.
A largescale kickback scheme allegedly occurred at two hospitals within the Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, according to a Miami Herald report. Adil Osman, Elliot Gordon and Anthony Merola have been charged for taking kickbacks from vendors. Adil Osman,…
Divine Providence Hospital in Williamsport, Pa., has agreed to pay the federal government $598,965 to resolve allegations of improper Medicare claims, according to a Williamsport Sun-Gazette report. The payment will settle allegations that, from Jan. 2004-Dec. 2007, the hospital erroneously…
The new Brunswick Novant Medical Center in Brunswick County, N.C., is scheduled to open the end of July, according to a news report by The Sun.
Hospital officials, community leaders and residents were present for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the new Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, according to a Bulletin Review news report.
Despite a new "scaled back" development plan for the University Medical Center in New Orleans, critics are already condemning the proposal, according to a LTV news report.
Aetna is able to resume marketing and enrollment for its Medicare products, as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has lifted its sanctions, according to an Aetna news release.
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga., is releasing financial information to the public, according to an Albany Herald report.