A Florida bill will require urgent care clinics to post prices of the 50 services they provide most frequently beginning July 1, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.
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Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System plans to purchase 105 acres in O'Fallon, Ill., that could be the location of a new St. Elizabeth's Hospital, which is currently in Belleville, Ill., according to a Belleville News-Democrat report.
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…
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.
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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.
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.