Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, will no longer be hiring smokers and will conduct nicotine testing for all potential employees of the hospital, according to a Des Moines Register news report.
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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. Holy Redeemer Health System in Jenkintown, Pa., has released its financial results for the…
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…
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.
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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.
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…