New Hampshire legislators have passed a two-year budget, which includes more than $250 million in Medicaid reimbursement cuts to hospitals as well as a repurposing of funds generated through the state's hospital provider tax, according to a Portsmouth Herald report.
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Hospitals added 4,100 jobs in May, an increase of 0.09 percent compared to April, according to a recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Mayo Clinic in Phoenix is now undergoing construction to add nearly 2 million square feet to its hospital campus, according to an Arizona Republic news report.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has appointed three new members to the state's Health Facilities Board, filling the remaining vacancies for a full board, according to a Chicago Business news report.
New Orleans' planned $1.2 billion, 424-bed University Medical Center may need approximately $100 million from the state general fund annually by 2020, according to a Times-Picayune report.
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A redevelopment project by Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver may create 1,400 construction-related jobs annually and $340 million in labor compensation from now until the project's planned completion in 2014, according to a hospital news release.
Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin, Ky., has reduced its staff by the equivalent of 117 full-time employees since April 1, according to a Times-Tribune report.
Many hospitals lose tens of thousands of dollars every year, appear older and in need of capital improvement by leaving equipment that should be disposed of on their fixed asset ledger. Maintaining clean records of assets being purchased and being…
A judge has dismissed what he called an “unconstitutionally vague” 10-count indictment against Lacy Thomas, the former chief of University Medical Center in Las Vegas, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report. Prosecutors alleged that Mr. Thomas steered $10 million…
Roosevelt Hairston Jr., the former executive vice president and general counsel for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has been accused of embezzling $1.7 million from the facility, according to a Reuters report. Mr. Hairston allegedly hid the theft by creating shell…