Grady Memorial Hospital, a 953-bed facility in Atlanta, plans to cut approximately 120 jobs to save an estimated $7 million annually, according to an Atlanta Business Chronicle report.
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A group of approximately 1,000 former Redlands (Calif.) Community Hospital employees have been awarded more than $17 million in lost wages and damages, according to a Redlands Daily Facts report.
A Massachusetts Senate bill that would allow drugmakers to host banquets for physicians is sparking opposition by those who support the state’s strict gift ban between drug companies and physicians, according to a Boston Herald report. Sen. Anthony Petruccelli says…
The Connecticut Hospital Association has released a progress report on its diversity efforts for hospitals, but the leader of the state’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is displeased, according to an article in the Daily Reporter. CHA,…
Last Friday, Brett Gosney, CEO of Animas Surgical Hospital in Durango, Colo., spoke about the prognosis of physician-owned hospitals for the next four years at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Conference in Chicago. Mr. Gosney is also…
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North Adams, Mass.-based Northern Berkshire Healthcare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a North Adams Transcript report.
Nick Jacobs, FACHE, has more than 20 years of experience in hospital management, but it wasn’t always that way. Mr. Jacobs, who is now a consultant with SunStone Management Resources, was CEO of Windber (Pa.) Medical Center from Feb. 1997…
The Mayo Clinic in Austin, Minn., has received a $750,000 donation from The Hormel Foundation for its first major expansion, according to an Austin Daily Herald news report.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services designated Auburn (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital as a "sole community hospital," which will provide the hospital with higher reimbursement rates for Medicare patients, according to a Post-Standard report.
Charleston, S.C.-based Trident Health System will lay off 35 full-time employees — 2 percent of the system's work force — to offset reduced Medicaid reimbursement rates, according to a Post and Courier report.