District Judge Eliza Ovrom has objected to a clause in a medical malpractice case against the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics that would require the plaintiffs to keep secret the settlement terms, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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Orange Regional Medical Center in Wallkill, N.Y., scheduled to open Aug. 5, will be the first new hospital in New York State in more than 20 years, according to a news release by the hospital.
Eric Lewis, CEO of Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, Wash., wants to cut employee benefits in order to balance rising healthcare and employee costs and well as decreased revenue, according to a Peninsula Daily News report.
After nearly a year of evaluation and research, Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls, N.Y., will no longer provide inpatient deliveries of babies due to decreasing volumes, according to a hospital news release.
Shriners Hospitals, based in Tampa, Fla., will be ending its long legacy of providing free medical care to pediatric patients across all its 20 U.S. hospitals, according to a Star Tribune news report.
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Downey (Calif.) Regional Medical Center may emerge from bankruptcy this September due to paying off old debt and improving quality and processes, according to a Downey Patriot report.
The Stillwater Community Hospital in Columbus, Mont., is planning a new $16 million, 10-bed hospital and clinic, according to a Billings Gazette report.
A bipartisan group of 12 Pennsylvania senators and representatives sent a letter to UPMC and Highmark leaders requesting meetings to resolve the contract dispute, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
A New Orleans judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement that would end a class-action lawsuit that alleges Tenet Healthcare failed to properly prepare its hospital for Hurricane Katrina, according to a New York Times report. Dallas-based Tenet and…
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.