The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has entered into a three-agreement with Guangzhou, China-based KingMed Diagnostics in which UPMC will provide second opinion pathology consultations and train KingMed pathologists, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news report.
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Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., has announced plans for a major expansion that will include a new five-story tower containing 112 private patient rooms, according to a hospital news release.
The new $70 million Clinical Pavilion at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, W.V., has helped drive down adverse outcomes, such as infections and falls, while increasing patient admissions, according to a Charleston Gazette news report.
Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., will be constructing a 28,000-square-foot healthcare facility in Waltham, Mass., with an anticipated opening in 2012, according to a hospital news release.
Health insurer Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center remain at odds over new contracts, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
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Beaumont Health System, with locations in Michigan's Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, and Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System plan to give approximately 40,000 employees their first pay raises since 2008, according to a Detroit News report.
Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, Calif., has requested voluntary resignations from its approximately 1,000 employees, according to a Napa Valley Register report based on a memo to the center's employees.
A largescale kickback scheme allegedly occurred at two hospitals within the Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, according to a Miami Herald report. Adil Osman, Elliot Gordon and Anthony Merola have been charged for taking kickbacks from vendors. Adil Osman,…
Divine Providence Hospital in Williamsport, Pa., has agreed to pay the federal government $598,965 to resolve allegations of improper Medicare claims, according to a Williamsport Sun-Gazette report. The payment will settle allegations that, from Jan. 2004-Dec. 2007, the hospital erroneously…
The new Brunswick Novant Medical Center in Brunswick County, N.C., is scheduled to open the end of July, according to a news report by The Sun.