Miami-Dade County's Jackson Health System will lower its rates to commercial HMOs in order to increase volumes at its hospitals, according to a Miami Herald report.
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Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System will partner with 10 MinuteClinic locations in and around Detroit to provide on-call physician medical directors to the locations, according to a MinuteClinic release.
HCA Holdings' wholly owned subsidiary HCA has proposed to offer $5 billion in two parts — senior notes and secured notes — to refinance existing debt, according to a SEC filing.
Members of the union representing University of Michigan Health System nurses have lent support for an informational picket Aug. 16, following the halt of bargaining discussions, according to an AnnArbor.com report. Bargaining discussions, which began in April, came to a…
Highland Hospital in Connellsville, Pa., is planning to open an autism center modeled on Cleveland Clinic's autism program, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
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Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has filed a lawsuit against the estate of a now deceased patient, claiming it is owed $9.2 million for unpaid healthcare services, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.
One day after Elliot Hospital in Manchester, N.H., along with nine other hospitals, filed a lawsuit against the state regarding Medicaid payments, President and CEO Doug Dean announced 182 layoffs, according to a NECN report.
The following report was compiled by Principle Valuation, based on hospital financial reports obtained through the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) database.
Most industries today are faced with a variety of obstacles in achieving or remaining profitable. The healthcare industry is no exception. Profitability is enough of a challenge under normal circumstances, but especially so during fragile economic times. Uncertain revenue streams…
According to a report by Moody's Investors Service released on July 25, non-profit hospitals experienced the lowest revenue growth of more than a decade during fiscal year 2010, according to an AHA News Now report.