While patients have always been hospitals’ consumers, provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act paired with increased availability of provider data, ratings and reviews has left the patient more informed and engaged than ever before. Hospitals that adjust…
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will insure a $14.3 million mortgage loan to the Stillwater Hospital Association in Columbus, Mont., to build a new hospital, according to a HUD news release.
North Carolina's Mecklenburg County will stop payments to Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System until the system provides more information about its request to build a new psychiatric hospital, according to a Charlotte Observer report.
A federal judge in Arizona has dismissed a whistleblower’s complaint against Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare that alleged the 19-hospital system paid kickbacks in exchange for referrals, according to a Nashville Business Journal report. U.S. District Judge Robert Clive Jones rejected…
Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System is expected to announce plans for a new medical school by the end of the week, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report. The announcement is expected to be made at a reception Friday night,…
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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.
CMS has issued a proposed rule on the release and use of Medicare Parts A, B and D claims data to qualified entities so that they may assess the performance of hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers, according to an…
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.
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.