The Illinois Health Facilities Board, the authority on approving or denying healthcare services and facilities and issuing certificates of need in Illinois, is struggling to fill three vacancies, which has proved to be even more difficult after the passage of…
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The article below is reprinted with permission from The Capital Issue, a quarterly newsletter published by Lancaster Pollard. Negative arbitrage (Infitialis arbitari) has historically been a manageable nuisance to hospitals considering tax-exempt bonds for funding construction projects — comparable, perhaps,…
A report by the Institute of Medicine suggests a need for a new method of calculating geographic adjustments to Medicare payments, according to an IOM news release.
With the uncertainty surrounding the impact of reform on the future of the healthcare industry, cost reduction is top of mind for the leaders of many organizations. Planning ahead and monitoring capital expenditures present critical opportunities to rein in costs…
Phoenix Children's Hospital has officially opened its new 11-story patient tower, completing its strategic alliance with St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, according to a hospital news release.
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CMS has issued a final rule that prohibits federal Medicaid funds from being used to reimburse services related to certain preventable health-acquired conditions, according to an AHA News Now report.
Cook County (Ill.) Board President Toni Preckwinkle pointed some blame for the Chicago-area Cook County Health & Hospitals System's financial struggles on Gov. Pat Quinn, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.
A former employee of the radiology unit at Akron General Health and Wellness Center in Stow, Ohio has won an arbitration award totaling more than $100,000 from a wrongful termination lawsuit she filed against the health system in 2010, according…
Former employees of Carlinville (Ill.) Area Hospital, who have either been fired or voluntarily resigned, claim the hiring of two hospital managers last year has led to low staff morale, according to a State-Journal Register news report.
In a poll, nearly half (44 percent) of approximately 1,800 emergency physicians report that the biggest challenge to cutting costs in the emergency department is the fear of lawsuits, and 53 percent of respondents said the main reason they conduct…