Three Illinois hospitals have jointly filed a report to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board showing the potential effects the hospitals would suffer if regulators approved two proposed hospitals, according to a Chicago Sun-Times news report.
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Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, Fla., is planning to invest $7 million toward facility expansions in order to improve emergency department waiting times, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.
Only two months after the South Carolina government cut payments to Medicaid providers by 3 percent, state officials said Medicaid payments for some hospitals in the state will be cut by up to an additional 4 percent, according to an…
Walgreens Take Care Health Systems and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Memorial Health have agreed to collaborate in efforts to reduce emergency department visits and lower costs, according to a news release.
Henderson County commissioners have voted to allow the board of directors of Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C., to have the final say on the selection of a new CEO, according to a Times-News report.
Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, has announced cost-saving measures that will result in job cuts, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
CMS' proposed rule on the release and use of Medicare Parts A, B and D claims data to qualified entities to assess hospital performance could have far-reaching implications on hospitals and other healthcare providers.
Vanguard Health Systems is expected to raise as much as $661 million in its initial public offering, according to a Bloomberg report.
Cleveland Clinic has announced it will close 211-bed Huron Hospital in East Cleveland within 90 days, according to a Plain Dealer news release.
A U.S. district court judge has denied a motion from Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health Medical Center to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the system of Medicare fraud and kickbacks, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report. Halifax’s director of…