The physician provider agreement between the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark could end in 2012, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
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Miami-based Jackson Health System wants to decrease employees' salaries and benefits by more than $200 million to stem the system's financial losses, according to a Miami Herald report.
A recent increase in headline-making violence at hospitals across the country has began to highlight the importance of security at hospitals, with some experts saying hospitals should do more to protect patients and staff, according to a Los Angeles Times…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals Case Medical Center is scheduled to open its new Center for Emergency Medicine on July 7, according to a Plain Dealer report.
A $46 million lawsuit filed in Dec. 2009 by a Mississippi hospital against its former management company, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health Resources, is still pending, according to a Natchez Democrat report. County-owned Natchez Regional Medical Center cited gross negligence and…
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The American Hospital Association has reopened a project in conjunction with Ernst & Young to analyze IRS Schedule H forms to "pinpoint weakness in the form and advocate for necessary changes," according to an AHA News Now report. Hospitals may…
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Researchers found the incidence and cost of medical malpractice lawsuits at an academic medical center in Texas decreased significantly after the implementation of tort reform in the state, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College…
The North State Service Area within the Catholic Healthcare West network has launched a free wireless Internet service that will benefit patients, visitors and physicians at Mercy Medical Center Redding (Calif.), Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta (Calif.) and St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red…
USC University Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, both in Los Angeles, have made a tentative contract agreement with the California Nurses Association, according to a hospital news release.