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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.
The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would allow Texas to join an interstate compact designed to change Medicaid and healthcare payment methods, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
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Physician-generated revenue fluctuates as reimbursement levels change, physician shortages impact provider market share and case volume shifts based on economic factors and procedural trends. Here are several trends in physician-generated revenue from 2002-2010, based on data and conclusions from Merritt…
In an era when healthcare organizations are laser-focused on managing cost, identifying obvious excesses in spending are long gone, yet the pressure to increase efficiency and reduce expenses continues. Today organizations are challenged daily to look more closely at what…
The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City recently opened a new palliative care unit led by Diane Meier, MD.
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health will cut 240 jobs due to declining demand for inpatient services, according to a Pioneer Press report.
Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wyo., has earned $7.1 million in gross revenue in April, surprising even the hospital's financial officers, according to a Laramie Boomerang news report.